Karter

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karter: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karter: Recorded since 1998, it reached #320 in 2016, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#320highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2017–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#5765
2018	#4684

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #773 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2021
Highest recorded position: #320 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2013–2021).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #773 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Karter appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 667 births with the name.

Karter across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karter's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#506 (2019)	#773 (2024)	22 of 27	667 (1998–2024)	77 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#320 (2016)	#374 (2021)	8 of 9	30 (2013–2021)	5 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#713 (2016)	#472 (2023)	#785 (2024)	8 of 9	35 (2016–2024)	7 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#5765 (2017)	#4684 (2018)	#4684 (2018)	2 of 2	7 (2017–2018)	4 (2018)

Karter by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karter in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	28	5 of 10	6
2010s	373	10 of 10	37
2020sbusiest	259	5 of 10	52

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 52 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Karter appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #320 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Karter's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#773	44	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#593	62	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#714	47	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#695	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#623	56	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#506	77	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#535	72	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#673	52	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1086	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #320, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Karthik · #2055, 20y
Kartik · #1951, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bear · #326, 18y
Elio · #326, 25y
Avah · #328, 18y
Lilianna · #328, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hawa · #320, 29y
Cairo · #319, 29y
Shaquille · #319, 27y
Tommie · #319, 31y

Karter was ranked #320 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Karter and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karter without appearing here.

Karter moved ahead of

Harald Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #807 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #931 and #4685.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1086 and #4805.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1086 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Karter

Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2501 and #2142.
Tadhg Compare
In 2015 they stood at #342 and #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #320 and #232.
Elias Compare
In 2015 they stood at #342 and #415 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #320 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Karter

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Karter

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karter went from #2901 to #773 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #320 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karter

Karter at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Karter across 4 official records

Karter by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Karter at a glance

Karter across 4 official records

Karter by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Karter appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Karter

Karter and the names beside it

Karter moved ahead of

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