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Carver

#1,499 in 2025Boys' name

Wood carver

Carver has been given to 3,263 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #1,499 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 143 recorded.

Babies named Carver, 2025

1 in 28,300

Carver over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Carver: meaning, origin, and history

Wood carver

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carver means

Carver means “wood carver”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,161 boys were recorded with the name Carver between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 143 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,272 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,438 in 2020 to #1,499 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,272 in 2015 to #1,499 in 2025.

In the United States, 102 girls were recorded with the name Carver between 2015 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2025; its best national rank was #6,897 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,693 in 2020 to #6,897 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,052 in 2015 to #6,897 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 Carver?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,300
117 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 14,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,499
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,641 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carver 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 19,641 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carver. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carvers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carver was born before 2013 — so the typical Carver is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,884
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (1,208).

Is Carver 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
−39
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−61
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−227
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.8%
Peak was 2018 (143)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
8.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,272
2015

Spellings of Carver

Carver is not the most common spelling — Carter is, with 35.9% against Carver's 0.55%.

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 Carver is used

Across 2016–2025, Carver was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 1,333 boys, against 1 in 17,868 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

175 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 1,333
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 7,692
  3. 3Nebraska1 in 8,333
  4. 4Oregon1 in 9,091
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 11,111
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 11,111
  7. 7Utah1 in 14,286
  8. 8Washington1 in 14,286

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.

Carver around the world

Where Carver 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
    2002–2002
    #3,225
    in 2002
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024

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

Notable people named Carver

People whose public names include Carver, 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.

Carver in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Carver. Linked forms have their own page here.

Snyder

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Carver by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,499
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 61
Best rank ever
#1,272
2015
Peak year
2018
143 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,161
Count in 2025
117

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,897
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,796
Best rank ever
#6,897
2025
Peak year
2025
16 that year
First recorded
2015
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
102
Count in 2025
16

Names similar to Carver

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

CarlinCarsenCarsynCarmelCarlyleCartierCardellCarstenCarnellCarlitoCarmenCaronCarmelloCarrolTreverCardenCarlisleCarderCarlieCarmeloCarmonCarlsonCarlisCarrie

Names with a curve like Carver

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

YaseenViktorRayyanPhineasJetFarisDemariPiersonCormacKorbynZephaniahAnas

Sibling names for Carver

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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