Carrington
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 59.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 197 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,663since 1968
Carrington over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | #4,466 | 22 |
| 2016 | #2,829 | 60 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | #4,179 | 24 |
| 2014 | #2,236 | 84 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #1,834 | 110 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #2,028 | 95 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #1,909 | 104 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #1,873 | 108 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #1,792 | 120 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #2,042 | 101 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #2,085 | 97 | #3,250 | 34 |
| 2006 | #1,933 | 104 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #2,457 | 71 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #2,020 | 91 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #2,106 | 83 | #2,993 | 32 |
| 2002 | #1,805 | 99 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #1,360 | 140 | #1,871 | 59 |
| 2000 | #1,053 | 197 | #1,541 | 78 |
| 1999 | #1,169 | 166 | #1,342 | 89 |
| 1998 | #1,921 | 79 | #2,235 | 40 |
| 1997 | #2,481 | 52 | #2,060 | 43 |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 | #1,817 | 50 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 | #1,601 | 56 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | #1,294 | 73 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #1,382 | 63 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,671 | 42 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
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| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Carrington! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1968–1970, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carrington is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#547 · 1 in 2,623
- Tennessee#579 · 1 in 2,927
- Georgia#758 · 1 in 4,063
- Virginia#1,038 · 1 in 6,270
- North Carolina#1,260 · 1 in 8,013
Best ever in a state: #331 in Mississippi, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #547 | 8 | 1 in 2,623 |
| Tennessee | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,927 |
| Georgia | #758 | 13 | 1 in 4,063 |
| Virginia | #1,038 | 6 | 1 in 6,270 |
| North Carolina | #1,260 | 6 | 1 in 8,013 |
| Texas | #1,996 | 10 | 1 in 16,772 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Carrington
- 1,246 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #6,546)
- 2,468 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #6,546)
- 4,022 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #6,546)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 2000 at #1,053 (197 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,218 girls born in 2000 were named Carrington (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.4% of all girls named Carrington (1,103) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,016 (1968) | #7,016 |
| 1970s | 18 | #7,388 (1971) | #8,035 |
| 1980s | 49 | #4,848 (1989) | #7,694 |
| 1990s | 565 | #1,169 (1999) | #2,851 |
| 2000s | 1,103 | #1,053 (2000) | #1,865 |
| 2010s | 766 | #1,834 (2013) | #2,573 |
| 2020s | 157 | #4,078 (2020) | #5,081 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Carrington in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 18,722 of them was named Carrington, which outranked 90.0% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,032Magdalene102
- #2,032Makaylee102
- #2,032Nakayla102
- #2,042Carrington101
- #2,042Bianka101
- #2,042Chyna101
- #2,042Hilary101
- #2,054Giulia100
- #2,054Kamiah100
- #2,054Laela100
Tied with 11 names at #2,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 70,350 of them was named Carrington, which outranked 75.1% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,561Tyrik30
- #3,561Zabdiel30
- #3,561Zair30
- #3,646Carrington29
- #3,646Aaren29
- #3,646Abhay29
- #3,646Ahmet29
- #3,744Amer28
- #3,744Arie28
- #3,744Atom28
Tied with 97 names at #3,646; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.