Carter-Lee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-ter-LEE
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Carter-Lee is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “cart driver + meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Carter-Lee mean?
Modern: combination of Carter and Lee
“cart driver + meadow”
A double-barrelled pairing of two English surnames: Carter, a cart driver, and Lee, from Old English leah, a clearing.
Is Carter-Lee a girl's or a boy's name?
Carter-Lee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carter-Lee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Carter-Lee, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Carter-Lee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Carter-Lee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
Nicknames for Carter-Lee
- Carter 621 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Carter-Lee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore, Cillian, Jesse, Albie, Rory, Ronnie, Elias, Chester, Reggie, Elijah, Rowan, Tobias
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-Lee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carter-lee, updated 20 October 2026.