Cartez — boys' name

What the Data Says About Cartez

The Social Security Administration has registered 429 babies named Cartez between 1968 and 2023, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cartez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cartez performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Cartez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Cartez in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cartez in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 429 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.