Carita
- Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,087since 1900
Carita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 31 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,050 | 15 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five girls were named Carita! It came in at #1,723, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Carita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Carita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Carita
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,723 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 46,098
- Highest: 1 in 46,098 girls born in 1972 were named Carita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,723 in 1900, was only 1 in 49,964 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.6% of all girls named Carita (224) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,723 (1900) | #1,758 |
| 1910s | 67 | #2,050 (1915) | #2,912 |
| 1920s | 113 | #2,023 (1928) | #3,001 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,914 (1937) | #2,487 |
| 1940s | 83 | #2,625 (1944) | #3,412 |
| 1950s | 164 | #2,260 (1958) | #2,817 |
| 1960s | 134 | #2,820 (1960) | #3,785 |
| 1970s | 224 | #2,276 (1972) | #3,316 |
| 1980s | 127 | #3,739 (1981) | #5,318 |
| 1990s | 42 | #9,247 (1990) | #12,186 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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