Karter

What Karter means

Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”

variant of Carter || As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Karter” (revision 89757805) and “Carter” (revision 94535337), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Karter?

US: Falling: down from #183 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #807 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 2,340 boys got the name (#162 that year). First in the US records in 1985.

How common

• About 1 in 1,350 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,770 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (3.41 per 1,000 boys), LA (3.08 per 1,000 boys), DE (2.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Karter is #270 in the US and #896 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.2% of US babies named Karter were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Carter6,024 US · 536 E&W
• Kartar9 US · 23 E&W
• Carder12 US
• Karder6 US
• Cartyr5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Karter

Boys

• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*

For a sister

• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Karter’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.