Girls' name · since 1924
Caridad
1,759 babies named Caridad in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,113 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,759
- born since 1924
- 1970s
- peak decade
Caridad currently ranks #15113 among girls' names in America, with 1,759 babies recorded since 1924.
Caridad has 1,759 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15113 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #5,131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,113 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,759 born since 1924
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caridad ranks #5,131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,113 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,759 born since 1924, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,113 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,759
- born since 1924
- 1970s
- peak decade
Caridad's 1,759 recorded births place it above 92.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Caridad compares
1,759 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caridad's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caridad | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,759 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caridad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caridad's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 59, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caridad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Caridad by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (478 births, 27% of the file).
1970s was Caridad's strongest decade.
478 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Caridad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 24
1930s
24 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 120
1950s
120 births
- 1960s
1960s
317 births
- 1970s
1970s
478 births
- 1980s
1980s
391 births
- 1990s
1990s
240 births
- 2000s 98
2000s
98 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 478 births (27% of all-time use).
How Caridad compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Caridad's total volume
Caridad by state
Where Caridad concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 637 | 36.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 399 | 22.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 67 | 3.8% |
| #4 | California | | 13 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Hawaii | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
637 of 1,759 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Caridad's data
- Caridad's decade-level peak was the 1970s (478 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Caridads (637 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Caridad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Caridad 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.