Boy
Carter
Carter is a boy's name meaning "One who transports goods by cart", drawing on Old English roots. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is familiar to most people. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
Old EnglishOne who transports goods by cart
Births by decade
1900s
199
1910s
685
1920s
901
1930s
876
1940s
1,378
1950s
1,677
1960s
1,393
1970s
1,468
1980s
1,843
1990s
10,244
2000s
53,323
2010s
80,071
Peaked in the 2010s · 154,058 total U.S. births since 1900