Carita
Carita was last recorded in 1999, when 5 babies were given it; 1,087 Americans have been recorded with it between 1900 and 1999 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Carita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Carita mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Carita is “a female given name” Its etymology gives the sense “love” (caritas).
Latin caritas (“love”). First appeared in the end of the 19th century; possibly inspired by the older names Carina and Marita.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Carita?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #14,795, in 1999; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
33 babies in 1972, the peak
Carita peaked in 1972, when 33 girls were given it, #2,281 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | #14,795 | 2.8 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,102 | 2.9 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,762 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,709 | 4.5 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,784 | 2.8 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,718 | 3.2 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,379 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,783 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,968 | 6.9 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,809 | 7.0 |
Every recorded year (85)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 19 | #4,150 | 11.0 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,948 | 6.5 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,499 | 7.2 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,972 | 8.3 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,754 | 12.6 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,348 | 10.2 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,651 | 9.3 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,794 | 12.4 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,497 | 13.7 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,552 | 21.2 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,967 | 11.0 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,571 | 12.3 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,412 | 21.3 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,281 | 21.7 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,966 | 13.8 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,597 | 9.7 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,215 | 7.1 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,070 | 11.0 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,028 | 4.8 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,916 | 4.7 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,230 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,259 | 8.4 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,646 | 6.7 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,033 | 5.6 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,848 | 9.4 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,825 | 9.4 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,993 | 7.9 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,268 | 12.4 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,335 | 6.4 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,834 | 8.5 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,641 | 9.2 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,746 | 5.1 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,523 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,589 | 9.2 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,823 | 7.8 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,552 | 9.3 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,925 | 4.7 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,623 | 5.3 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,647 | 8.5 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,247 | 6.4 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,632 | 3.8 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,641 | 9.0 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,255 | 4.3 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,282 | 6.6 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,758 | 8.7 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,754 | 9.1 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,963 | 8.2 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,925 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,542 | 10.6 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,600 | 10.5 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,194 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,285 | 12.9 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,251 | 13.1 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,599 | 10.3 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,944 | 16.0 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,455 | 11.6 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,026 | 15.6 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,443 | 11.7 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,075 | 8.4 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,387 | 12.3 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,701 | 6.4 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,458 | 5.0 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,184 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,448 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,135 | 8.3 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,507 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,272 | 7.8 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,437 | 12.0 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,996 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,059 | 15.2 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,877 | 9.6 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,033 | 9.0 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,464 | 12.6 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,826 | 18.9 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,752 | 20.0 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Carita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Carita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 85 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Carita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Carita, and how old are they?
An estimated 696 Americans named Carita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 47 and 68. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 787 people named Carita (787 women and girls, 0 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 763 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,284 babies since 1880, Carita is the most given (85% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Carita
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1900-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomasina | 3,765 |
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 Carita and names like it
- Compare Carita and KaritaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCarita peaked in 1972.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Carita since 1910.
- Swedish namesWiktionary’s origin for Carita: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1972The year the most babies were named Carita.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Carita alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.