Carter

English occupational name

"transporter of goods by cart"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

Carter Origin and Meaning

The name Carter is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin meaning "transporter of goods by cart".

Carter has been popular for almost two decades, but it only cracked the Top 30 in 2014, leaving the other upscale occupational surname names behind. Having hot characters named Carter on both Gossip Girl and The OC probably didn't hurt, and for fifteen years on ER" Noah Wyle's Dr. John Carter was always called by his last name. Carter also, of course, has presidential cred.

Carter is especially popular in the Midwest, having recently been Number 2 in Nebraska and Number 3 in Iowa, as well as spreading north to Canadian provinces Saskatchewan (recently Number 2) and Manitoba (recently Number 5).

# 47 in the US

Carter Rank in US Top 1000

# 331 on Nameberry

Carter Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Carter Popularity

47US2022
331Nameberry2023
11Future2028
69England2021
61Scotland2022
65Australia2022
28New Zealand2022
43Canada2022

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Famous People Named Carter

Carter Nicholas OosterhouseAmerican TV personality
Carter James CamperAmerican ice hockey player
Carter Mark JenkinsAmerican actor
Carter Benedict BurwellAmerican film composer
Carter Henry HarrisonU.S. Congressman from Illinois
Carter DeHaven (born Francis O'Callaghan)American actor
Carter Tate BarronAmerican football player and film executive
Carter Godwin WoodsonAmerican historian and author
Carter L. BaysAmerican writer and producer
Carter BeaufordAmerican drummer for the Dave Matthews Band
Carter ChassonAmerican model

John Carter CashAmerican singer,songwriter; son of Johnny and June Carter Cash
Carter Vanderbilt Cooperlate brother of TV journalist Anderson Cooper
Carter William Thicke (b. 1999)son of actor Alan Thicke and Miss World Gina Tolleson; half,brother of singer Robin Thicke
Carter Sabathia (b. 2010)son of baseball player CC Sabathia
Carter Scott McMurray (b. 2010)son of NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray
Carter Quick (b. 2013)son of ice hockey player Jonathan Quick
Carter Seven Seabrook (b. 2013)son of ice hockey player Brent Seabrook
Carter Bridge (b. 2015)son of singer Frankie Sandford and footballer Wayne Bridge
Carter John Bruce (b. 2016)son of baseball player Jay Bruce
Jimmy Carter39th US President

Jim CarterEnglish actor
Carter Stone Strauss (b. 2016)son of American pro wrestler Robbie E
Carter William DeFranco (b. 2017)son of American news reporter and YouTube personality Philip DeFranco
Carter Loard BaysAmerican television showrunner, writer & producer
Carter HartCanadian NHL goaltender for the Philadelphia Flyers

Carter in Pop Culture

Carter Hughescharacter in 2018 film Benji
Carter Heywoodmain character on TV's "Spin City"
Carter Kanecharacter in Rick Riordan's "The Kane Chronicles"
Carter Pewterschmidtcharacter on TV's "Family Guy"
Carter Tibbitscharacter on TV's "8 Simple Rules"
Dr John Cartercharacter on TV's "ER"
Carter Rutherfordcharacter in the movie "Leatherheads"
Carter Hall aka Hawkmancharacter in "Arrow," "The Flash," and "Legends of Tomorrow"
Carter Bowencharacter on TV's "Arrow"
Carter Bowencharacter on TV's "American Gothic"
Carter Baizencharacter on TV's "Gossip Girl"

Carter J. Burkecharacter in "Alien" series
Carter'sbaby clothing brand
Carter Boydcharacter on Canadian sitcom "18 to Life"
Cartercharacter on TV's "Robin Hood"
Cartercharacter on TV's "The Walking Dead"
Carter GraysonRed Ranger on TV's "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue"
"John Carter" book series and film
Cartercharacter in Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War"
Cartercharacter introduced in Season 9 of The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series which ran from 1987,1996