Girls' name · since 1989
Carlecia
Carlecia has 27 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Carlecia since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlecia has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2007.
- #42,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carlecia ranks #42,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #42,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Carlecia's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carlecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carlecia's full recorded timeline at 1998, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carlecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2007
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2007.
27 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Carlecia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Carlecia's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Carlecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
Carlecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Carlecia's data
- Carlecia's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carlecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1989–2007 (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 Carlecia 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.
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