Girls' name · since 1916
Caretha
293 babies named Caretha in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,095 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Caretha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 293 recorded since 1916.
Caretha has 293 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1981.
- #16,095 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 293 born since 1916
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caretha ranks #16,095 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 293 born since 1916, peaking in the 1930s.
- #16,095 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1916
- 1930s
- peak decade
Caretha's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Caretha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caretha's SSA record in two at 1942 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1931 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caretha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1981
- Peak year (1931)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Caretha by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (75 births, 26% of the file).
1930s was Caretha's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Caretha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 14
1910s
14 births
- 1920s
1920s
54 births
- 1930s
1930s
75 births
- 1940s
1940s
52 births
- 1950s
1950s
48 births
- 1960s 29
1960s
29 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 75 births (26% of all-time use).
Caretha by state
Where Caretha concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 293 births nationwide.
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What to do with Caretha's data
- Caretha's decade-level peak was the 1930s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Carethas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caretha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1916–1981 (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 Caretha 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.