Caridad
Caridad was given to 5 girls in 2025, #15,368 among girls’ names; 1,759 Americans have been recorded with it since 1924 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,600 Americans named Caridad and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (91% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 37 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Caridad by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Caridad mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Caridad is “a female given name, equivalent to English Charity” Its etymology gives the sense “charity” (caridad).
From caridad (“charity”).
/kaɾiˈdad/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Caridad?
#15,368 among girls’ names, 2025
Caridad entered the girls’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #15,368 in 2025.
59 babies in 1971, the peak
Caridad peaked in 1971, when 59 girls were given it, #1,598 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,368 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,715 | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 6 | #14,128 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,686 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,730 | 6.3 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,331 | 3.4 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,630 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,535 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,638 | 4.9 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,810 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | #18,134 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,038 | 5.8 |
| 2005 | 12 | #9,001 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,339 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,581 | 4.9 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,859 | 2.8 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,492 | 5.6 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,531 | 8.8 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,886 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,609 | 10.2 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,248 | 10.9 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,089 | 10.8 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,990 | 14.8 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,171 | 20.2 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,603 | 16.6 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,870 | 10.8 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,449 | 16.5 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,820 | 14.2 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,878 | 20.6 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,230 | 16.8 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,111 | 17.3 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,983 | 18.1 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,950 | 18.0 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,155 | 27.3 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,911 | 32.3 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,152 | 27.8 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,453 | 23.4 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,221 | 27.1 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,278 | 26.2 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,056 | 30.0 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,762 | 37.8 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,700 | 38.9 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 | 36.4 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,137 | 25.9 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,915 | 29.5 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,924 | 28.3 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,598 | 35.5 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,084 | 22.3 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,028 | 22.5 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,856 | 25.0 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,582 | 30.9 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,194 | 17.1 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,347 | 14.7 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,016 | 18.5 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,213 | 15.0 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,170 | 15.3 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,477 | 11.9 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,373 | 6.9 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,685 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,763 | 8.9 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,938 | 7.8 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,512 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,989 | 7.7 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,510 | 5.7 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,644 | 3.7 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,580 | 5.4 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,499 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,365 | 4.1 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,285 | 4.1 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,397 | 2.8 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,489 | 4.1 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,193 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,299 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,964 | 5.6 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,648 | 4.4 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,660 | 4.5 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,807 | 6.1 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,374 | 5.0 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,181 | 4.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Caridad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Caridad has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Caridad: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Caridad, and how old are they?
1,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 91% of the 1,759 Americans ever recorded as Caridad. The median Caridad alive today is 47 years old; half are between 37 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 8,198 people named Caridad (8,138 women and girls, 60 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,631 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 217 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 659 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 519 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 165 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 33 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Caridad born?
The states with the most babies named Caridad are New York, Florida and New Jersey, with 98% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 637 | not ranked | 4.7× |
| Florida | 399 | not ranked | 6.2× |
| New Jersey | 67 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Hawaii | 5 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Caridad is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Caridad is most over-represented in Florida: since 1924 it was given 6.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Caridad with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Caridad
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Caridad and names like it
- Compare Caridad and StephannieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCaridad peaked in 1971.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Caridad since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Caridad: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Caridad.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Caridad alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.