girls:
2.6k births since 1968
#3377 (41st percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1913
#2939 (36th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1913
#4109 (47th percentile)
The name Carrington is the #4,109 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,423 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 46.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,377 (40.9% percentile) for all time with 2,622 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #2,939 (35.9% percentile) for all time with 1,801 births since 1913.
Carrington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Carrington is available in 82 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 43 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carrington has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 71.8% of babies named Carrington were girls. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for boys (95.7% boys from 1913 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (62.6% girls from 1976 to 2023).
For girls, Carrington reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #706) with 99 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 99 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Carrington ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 16.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Carrington reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 10.4% percentile (ranked #721) with 44 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 44 births per million (ranked 10.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Carrington ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 13.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carrington".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carrington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.3% confident that Carrington is pronounced as KAR-rihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAIR-rihngt-uhn, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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