Carita
Carita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197233 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1900
- 1,087people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,087 girls have been named Carita in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1970s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 67 | |
| 1920s | 113 | |
| 1930s | 122 | |
| 1940s | 83 | |
| 1950s | 164 | |
| 1960s | 134 | |
| 1970s | 224 | |
| 1980s | 127 | |
| 1990s | 42 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Carita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1972 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Carita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Thomasinapeak 1966
- Lavettapeak 1965
- Vanitapeak 1971
- Vanettapeak 1962
- Jovitapeak 1930
- Lauricepeak 1954
- Carmelitapeak 1973
- Angelitapeak 1975
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.