Caretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Caretha between 1916 and 1981, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caretha performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Caretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caretha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caretha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 293 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.