Carver
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-ver
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,499 for boys
Carver is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “carver of wood or stone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,499th for boys in the US (117 babies).
What does Carver mean?
English: English occupational surname
“carver of wood or stone”
George Washington Carver (c.1864-1943), the agricultural scientist, pioneered new uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Is Carver a girl's or a boy's name?
Carver is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls and 117 boys in the US.
How popular is Carver in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 117about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 117 boys in the US were named Carver, making it the 1,499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 143 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912. 16 girls were also named Carver in 2025 (6,837th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Carver than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Carver in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 136 boys in the US were given Carver or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,237, up from #1,499 for this spelling alone.
- Carver 117
- Karver 19
Carver in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | #1,499 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,432 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,407 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,407 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,282 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,300 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,295 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,271 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,396 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,551 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 97 | #1,612 |
| 2009 | 89 | #1,730 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,027 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,064 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,737 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,958 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Carver
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cooper Carter Archer Colter Wilder Baker Walker Parker Fisher Asher Colson Tucker
Other spellings of Carver
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, “Carver: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carver, updated 20 October 2026.