By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Kartier is most popular
Boys named Kartier per 1,000 boys born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.131 per 1,000.
Strongest in South Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Kartier born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Kartier
Kartier is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #1,125 in 2025 with 190 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 2009, 1,910 American babies have been named Kartier, about 90% boys and 10% girls, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2022, when 275 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Kartier stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.