Carrington
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KAIR-ing-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Unisex
Carrington is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Carrington mean?
English: English place-name surname
English place-name surname, familiar from the Carrington family of the 1980s US soap opera Dynasty.
Is Carrington a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Carrington has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Carrington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Carrington, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 197 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968. 12 boys were also named Carrington in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Carrington than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Carrington in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1985, 31% of the babies named Carrington in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 71%, with more girls than boys since 1996.
Carrington in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 120 | #1,792 |
| 2008 | 101 | #2,042 |
| 2007 | 97 | #2,085 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,933 |
| 2005 | 71 | #2,453 |
| 2004 | 91 | #2,018 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 140 | #1,359 |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,051 |
| 1999 | 166 | #1,167 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 52 | #2,478 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,913 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Nicknames for Carrington
- Carrie 11 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Carrington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison Madison Emerson Peyton Cameron Madisson Ellison Leighton Hayden Haven Camila Camryn
Names related to Carrington
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carrington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carrington, updated 20 October 2026.