Charita
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #17,294
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 65 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,406since 1941
Charita over time
Rank among girls' names. Charita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 |
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| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 |
| 1987 | #2,915 | 33 |
| 1986 | #2,265 | 45 |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 |
| 1983 | #1,689 | 65 |
| 1982 | #1,850 | 58 |
| 1981 | #1,734 | 65 |
| 1980 | #2,096 | 49 |
| 1979 | #1,770 | 61 |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 |
| 1977 | #2,002 | 48 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,705 | 26 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #2,117 | 31 |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Charita! It came in at #3,954, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Charita is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#721 · 1 in 6,474
- Illinois#1,232 · 1 in 14,181
- Texas#1,441 · 1 in 17,232
Best ever in a state: #469 in Tennessee, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #721 | 5 | 1 in 6,474 |
| Illinois | #1,232 | 5 | 1 in 14,181 |
| Texas | #1,441 | 6 | 1 in 17,232 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Charita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1983 at #1,689 (65 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,662 girls born in 1981 were named Charita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 367,423 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,689 in 1983, was only 1 in 25,702 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.6% of all girls named Charita (473) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 25 | #3,954 (1941) | #4,269 |
| 1950s | 120 | #2,395 (1959) | #3,394 |
| 1960s | 285 | #1,741 (1965) | #2,384 |
| 1970s | 389 | #1,770 (1979) | #2,222 |
| 1980s | 473 | #1,689 (1983) | #2,450 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,722 (1991) | #7,440 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,294 (2009) | #17,294 |
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.
Charita in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 35,625 of them was named Charita, which outranked 81.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,125Telisha44
- #2,125Wynter44
- #2,125Yalonda44
- #2,159Charita43
- #2,159Alta43
- #2,159Bria43
- #2,159Chavon43
- #2,191Alayna42
- #2,191Aliza42
- #2,191Alysa42
Tied with 31 names at #2,159; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.