Caridad — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caridad

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,754 babies named Caridad between 1924 and 2021, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caridad currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caridad performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Caridad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 637 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Caridad in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caridad 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 1,754 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.