UK boy's name
Carter-James
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Carter-James is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Carter-James popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1235, with 22 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2023, with 28 births.
This profile covers 207 England and Wales registrations across 13 recorded years from 2012 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 79% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 209 living people in the UK are called Carter-James. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Carter-James ranked #1235 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 22 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2023, when 28 boys were registered as Carter-James.
- • Carter-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #701 in 2019.
- • About 209 living people in the UK are estimated to have Carter-James as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1235
2024
Births in 2024
22
Latest year
Peak year
2023
28 births
Estimated living
209
2026
Popularity
Carter-James over time
The chart below shows babies named Carter-James registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2012 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Carter-James, the clearest high point is 2023. The latest England and Wales figure is 22 births in 2024, compared with 28 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Carter-James by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Carter-James was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1299 | 108 | 5 |
| 2010s | #2148 | 99 | 8 |
Geography
Where Carter-James is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Carter-James. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Carter-James ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #701 in 2019.
Across the UK
Carter-James in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#701 in 2019
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Carter-James
- Charlie 104,761
- Callum 65,796
- Connor 53,072
- Cameron 40,394
- Charles 33,091
- Christopher 26,849
- Caleb 15,553
- Corey 12,622
- Carter 11,505
- Cody 11,075
- Conor 10,298
- Christian 9,695
FAQ
Carter-James: questions and answers
How popular is the name Carter-James in the UK right now?
In 2024, Carter-James was ranked #1235 for boys in England and Wales, with 22 births registered.
When was Carter-James most popular?
The peak year on record was 2023, with 28 babies registered as Carter-James in England and Wales.
How many people are called Carter-James in the UK?
A total of 207 babies have been registered as Carter-James across the 13 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Carter-James most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Carter-James ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #701 in 2019. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.