Carlita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carlita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,380 babies named Carlita between 1914 and 2023, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carlita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Carlita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and District of Columbia. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlita in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlita 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 1,380 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.