Carter-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-ter-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Carter-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “cart driver + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Carter-James mean?
Modern: combination of Carter and James
“cart driver + supplanter”
A double-barrelled pairing of the English surname Carter with James, the English form of the Hebrew Jacob.
Is Carter-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Carter-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carter-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Carter-James, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 30 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Carter-James than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Carter-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Carter-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
Nicknames for Carter-James
- Carter 621 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Carter-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias Tobias Theodore Myles Cillian Elijah Otis Chester Carter Arthur Atlas Tommy
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carter-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carter-james, updated 20 October 2026.