Karter: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “carter, transporter of goods”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- KAR-ter · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (87% of all uses)
Variant spelling of Carter, an English occupational surname for a cart driver. This K-spelling is modern.
How popular is Karter?
Babies named Karter in 20241,682
2024 rank#248 boys
Peak year2019
Total US babies since 188032,517
Karter is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Karter
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Karter questions
What does the name Karter mean?
Karter means "carter, transporter of goods". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Carter, an English occupational surname for a cart driver. This K-spelling is modern.
Is Karter a boy or girl name?
Karter is mainly a boy's name in US records (87% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Karter?
1,682 US babies were named Karter in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.
How do you pronounce Karter?
Karter is usually pronounced KAR-ter.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.