Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Carrington was most popular in 2000, when 275 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,468 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,481 people named Carrington.
Carrington first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 83 of the 113 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,481 American births named Carrington between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,275 are estimated to be alive today.
29 American babies were named Carrington in 2025, ranking #8,077 that year.
Carrington is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 40 births a year, against 121 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -67% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Carrington is a unisex name — 59.4% of the 4,481 Americans given it were girls and 40.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 1996 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 68% girls and 32% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,275 Americans named Carrington are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 15 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org