Girls' name · since 1975
Caresa
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Caresa, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Caresa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 42 recorded since 1975.
Caresa has 42 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1992.
- #36,908 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caresa ranks #36,908 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #36,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Caresa's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caresa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caresa's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caresa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1992
- Peak year (1983)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Caresa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (26 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Caresa's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Caresa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 26 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Caresa's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1990s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caresa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caresa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.