Carita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,087 babies named Carita between 1900 and 1999, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Carita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carita 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 1,087 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.