Carter-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-ter-JAY
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Carter-Jay is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cart driver + jay (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Carter-Jay mean?
English: Carter + Jay
“cart driver + jay (the bird)”
Joins Carter (English, “cart driver”) and Jay (English, “jay (the bird)”).
Meanings borrowed from Carter and Jay.
Is Carter-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Carter-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carter-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Carter-Jay, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carter-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Carter-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Names like Carter-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Chester Rory Carter Theodore Hudson Hunter Tommy Cillian Sonny Cooper Teddy
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Ruby Hallie Hazel Harrison River
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-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carter-jay, updated 20 October 2026.