Spellings
Carter or Karter?
In the US in 2025, 83% of babies in this name family were spelled Carter and 17% Karter. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Carter already led in 2015, with 83% of the family's births; it has 83% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 13,100 to 7,289 births (−44%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter | 10,814 | 6,024 | −44% |
| Karter | 2,286 | 1,265 | −45% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkɑrtər/ (KAR-tur). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Carter 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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