Carletha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carletha

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Carletha between 1928 and 1999, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carletha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carletha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carletha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carletha 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 488 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.