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Cartier

#1,297 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Cartier has been given to 2,785 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #1,297 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 229 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Cartier, 2025

1 in 22,100

Cartier over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Cartier over time

In 2025, Cartier went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19832025

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.

Cartier: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cartier means

Cartier is a given name.

The naming story behind Cartier

Wikidata records Cartier as a given name. The entity identifier is Q120869355, 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, 2,478 boys were recorded with the name Cartier between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 229 in 2022; its best national rank was #983 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,064 in 2020 to #1,297 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,933 in 2015 to #1,297 in 2025.

In the United States, 307 girls were recorded with the name Cartier between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2018; its best national rank was #4,859 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,699 in 2020 to #8,974 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,071 in 2015 to #8,974 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 Cartier?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,100
150 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,297
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,320 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cartier sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,320 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cartier. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cartiers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cartier was born before 2019 — so the typical Cartier is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
45.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,478
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 45.2% of all recorded uses (1,119).

Is Cartier 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
−92
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−233
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+636
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.5%
Peak was 2022 (229)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#983
2022

Spellings of Cartier

Cartier is not the most common spelling — Carter is, with 79.7% against Cartier's 0.96%.

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 Cartier is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Cartier was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 10,070 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

128 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 3,571
  2. 2Michigan1 in 4,167
  3. 3Wisconsin1 in 4,545
  4. 4Alabama1 in 5,263
  5. 5Georgia1 in 5,263
  6. 6Illinois1 in 6,667
  7. 7District of Columbia1 in 7,143
  8. 8New York1 in 7,692

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.

Where Cartier is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Cartier was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,472,525 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

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. Cartier has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Cartier around the world

Where Cartier 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.

  • England & Wales
    2007–2019
    #4,702
    in 2019

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Notable people named Cartier

People whose public names include Cartier, 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.

Cartier by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,297
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 233
Best rank ever
#983
2022
Peak year
2022
229 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,478
Count in 2025
150

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,974
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,275
Best rank ever
#4,859
2021
Peak year
2018
27 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
307
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Cartier

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

CardellCarstenCarlyleCarlitoCarnellCarlinCarmelloCarsynCarverCarlisleCarlsonCarsenCarmelFrazierCarrickCardierOlivierCollierKartierCarmeloCarolynCarmineExavierCarlitos

Names with a curve like Cartier

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

AshZephyrKnowledgeBeauxZakariCaiusAtharvMacklinArhamZayanZeusKarsyn

Sibling names for Cartier

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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