Boys' name · since 2006
Carpenter
29 babies named Carpenter in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
29 boys have been named Carpenter since 2006, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carpenter has been recorded 29 times among boys since 2006, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2020.
- #26,022 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carpenter ranks #26,022 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Carpenter's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carpenter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carpenter's full recorded timeline at 2013, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carpenter popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2020
- Peak year (2018)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Carpenter by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Carpenter's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Carpenter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Carpenter's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Carpenter: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carpenter draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.