Fun Facts About the Name Cartier
- More than 2 thousand babies named Cartier: U.S. records list 2,785 babies given the name Cartier from 1880 through 2025. Even 307 girls received the name Cartier - about 1 girl for every 8 boys.
What Does the Name Cartier Mean?
Cartier is a French surname whose usual sense is "cartwright" - a maker or driver of carts. It comes from Old French cartier, formed on carte, "cart." Because the same Old French word carte also meant a playing card, some explanations treat Cartier as the name of a card-maker instead. A third suggestion connects it to French quartier, "quarter," as a name for someone who lived in or came from a particular district. The cartwright sense is the one most often given, but the occupational and topographic explanations have not been firmly settled against each other.
Cartier Name History & Origins
Cartier appears as a French family name, and like many occupational surnames it developed in the medieval period, when a person might be identified by his trade. The name is closely associated with Jacques Cartier (1491 - 1557), the navigator from Saint-Malo who explored the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the Saint Lawrence River and claimed territory in North America for France. In the nineteenth century, Louis-François Cartier founded a Paris jewelry firm in 1847, and the house of Cartier later became internationally known, making the surname familiar far beyond France.
As a first name, Cartier is modern and uncommon. It follows the broad practice of using surnames as given names, and its use as a first name is separate from the French surname's own history.
How Popular is the Name Cartier?
Cartier recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #983 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,976 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,019 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,998 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #6,769 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,859 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #5,642 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #4,908 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #7,931 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #12,004 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #11,073 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #10,285 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #11,196 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #10,592 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #15,211 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #11,444 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #15,622 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #15,498 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #15,791 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #13,466 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,592 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #12,722 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #12,001 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,594 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #12,094 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #8,109 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #11,154 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #10,906 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,297 | 150 | 0.0088% |
| 2024 | #1,203 | 168 | 0.0098% |
| 2023 | #1,061 | 205 | 0.0120% |
| 2022 | #983 | 229 | 0.0131% |
| 2021 | #1,134 | 179 | 0.0102% |
| 2020 | #1,064 | 188 | 0.0109% |
| 2019 | #1,234 | 153 | 0.0085% |
| 2018 | #1,142 | 168 | 0.0093% |
| 2017 | #1,360 | 131 | 0.0071% |
| 2016 | #1,744 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2015 | #1,933 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #1,577 | 100 | 0.0052% |
| 2013 | #1,916 | 73 | 0.0039% |
| 2012 | #1,744 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 2011 | #2,408 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #2,434 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2009 | #2,710 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #2,836 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #3,142 | 36 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #3,317 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #5,616 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #4,289 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #6,320 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #5,442 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #4,923 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #3,654 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1999 | #4,797 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #5,895 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #3,757 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #5,233 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #7,942 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #5,510 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #5,408 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #4,604 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #8,299 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #5,226 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,268 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,567 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #5,899 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,377 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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