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Carrington

#6,591 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Carrington has been given to 4,481 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #6,591 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 197 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 59% girls, 41% boys all-time.

Babies named Carrington, 2025

1 in 195,000

Carrington over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Carrington over time

In 2025, Carrington went to 59% girls and 41% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Carrington: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carrington means

Carrington is a given name.

The naming story behind Carrington

Wikidata records Carrington as a given name. The entity identifier is Q50874138, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,663 girls were recorded with the name Carrington between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 197 in 2000; its best national rank was #1,054 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,095 in 2020 to #6,591 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,529 in 2015 to #6,591 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,818 boys were recorded with the name Carrington between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 1999; its best national rank was #1,293 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,748 in 2020 to #6,872 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,191 in 2015 to #6,872 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Carrington?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 94,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,591
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carrington sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carrington. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carringtons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carrington was born before 2006 — so the typical Carrington is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
41.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,663
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 41.4% of all recorded uses (1,103).

Is Carrington rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,264
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,496
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,062
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
8.6%
Peak was 2000 (197)
Years since peak
25
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,054
2000

Spellings of Carrington

Carrington is the most-used spelling, taking 54.2% of the 4,916 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Carrington is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Carrington was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 88,028 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 25,000
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 25,000
  3. 3Virginia1 in 25,000
  4. 4Alabama1 in 33,333
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 33,333
  6. 6Mississippi1 in 50,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carrington has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Carrington is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Carrington was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 262,316 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in —
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carrington has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Carrington around the world

Where Carrington ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–2013
    #3,199
    in 2013
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #796
    in 2008

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Carrington

People whose public names include Carrington, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Carrington by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,591
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,496
Best rank ever
#1,054
2000
Peak year
2000
197 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,663
Count in 2025
17

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,872
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,124
Best rank ever
#1,293
1990
Peak year
1999
89 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,818
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Carrington

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CarmelinaKensingtonCarmelitaCarolyneKarringtonCharlestonCarltonCarolannCarriganCarlotaCarleighCaralineCarolynnCarlottaKerringtonKenzingtonCaridadLexingtonPeightonCarolanneCarlenaCarlettaCarlitaCarmina

Names with a curve like Carrington

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Carrington, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AbrianaMattisonLexyDivyaKaileighArissaKailahKalistaYazmineTristynSimranMakaela

Sibling names for Carrington

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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