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Is Carter a Male or Female Name?

Carter is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Carter globally is 92.7% males and 7.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Canada with 97.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 7.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Carter in percentages: Globally: 92.7% males, 7.3% females, United States: 92.3% males, 7.7% females, Canada: 97.9% males, 2.1% females, United Kingdom: 93.0% males, 7.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Carter are 65+ years old, making up 31.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Carter in each age group: 18-24: 5.7%, 25-34: 19.3%, 35-44: 18.3%, 45-54: 11.6%, 55-64: 13.5%, 65+: 31.7%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Carter is United States with 0.0109% of the population. Following is Canada and United Kingdom.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Carter measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Carter year over year: 1956: 0.0015‰, 1957: 0.0024‰, 1958: 0.0011‰, 1959: 0.0016‰, 1960: 0.0021‰, 1961: 0.0032‰, 1962: 0.0011‰, 1963: 0.0013‰, 1964: 0.0008‰, 1965: 0.0009‰, 1966: 0.0009‰, 1967: 0.0009‰, 1968: 0.0006‰, 1969: 0.001‰, 1970: 0.001‰, 1971: 0.0007‰, 1972: 0.0008‰, 1973: 0.0009‰, 1974: 0.0006‰, 1975: 0.0014‰, 1976: 0.0008‰, 1977: 0.0015‰, 1978: 0.0012‰, 1979: 0.001‰, 1980: 0.0015‰, 1981: 0.0011‰, 1982: 0.0015‰, 1983: 0.0018‰, 1984: 0.0015‰, 1985: 0.0018‰, 1986: 0.0017‰, 1987: 0.0017‰, 1988: 0.0017‰, 1989: 0.0015‰, 1990: 0.0015‰, 1991: 0.0015‰, 1992: 0.0022‰, 1993: 0.0021‰, 1994: 0.0014‰, 1995: 0.0019‰, 1996: 0.0011‰, 1997: 0.0021‰, 1998: 0.0008‰, 1999: 0.002‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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