girls:
283 births since 1985
#5433 (5th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1983
#2711 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1983
#5384 (30th percentile)
The name Cartier is the #5,384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,443 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 30.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 30.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,711 (40.9% percentile) for all time with 2,160 births since 1983. For girls, it ranks #5,433 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 283 births since 1985.
Cartier first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Cartier is available in 39 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 26 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 Cartier has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.1% of babies named Cartier were boys.
For boys, Cartier reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 24.2% percentile (ranked #701) with 122 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 122 births per million (ranked 24.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cartier ranks #711 for boys (22.0% percentile) with 112 births per million, which is 91.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cartier reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #914) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cartier ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 75.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cartier".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Cartier. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.6% confident that Cartier is pronounced as KAHR-tee-er, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kahr-tee-AY, at 21.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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