Karter

Boy · recorded 1985–2025

  • #270in 2025
  • 1 in 1,350boys in 2025
  • −38%last ten years
  • 4.2×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2020. Quieter now: down 38% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1985

06781,35619851995200520152025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 37 recorded years as a table
Karter, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19853
19904
19912
19928
19937
19946
199510
199614
199721
199816
199922
200029
200152
200252
200370
200472
2005101
2006116
2007129
2008177
2009235
2010315
2011383
2012467
2013623
20141,102
20151,193
20161,120
20171,235
20181,233
20191,352
20201,356
20211,097
2022998
2023934
2024831
2025741

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 4.2×
  2. Louisiana 3.7×
  3. Georgia 2.8×
  4. South Carolina 2.8×
  5. Alabama 2.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,265
Rank in 2025
#270
How rare
1 in 1,350 boys
Since 1985
29,465

Most popular in 2020, at 1,356 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi4.2×118
Louisiana3.7×182
Georgia2.8×356
South Carolina2.8×144
Alabama2.5×137

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.