Girls' name · since 1925
Carmalita
Since 1925, U.S. Social Security records show 415 babies named Carmalita, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1925
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carmalita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 415 have been recorded since 1925.
Carmalita has 415 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 2006.
- #13,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 415 born since 1925
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmalita ranks #13,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 415 born since 1925, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 415
- born since 1925
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carmalita's 415 recorded births place it above 81.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carmalita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carmalita splits its recorded history at 1970: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carmalita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–2006
- Peak year (1973)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Carmalita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (139 births, 33% of the file).
1970s was Carmalita's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Carmalita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 11
1930s
11 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 35
1950s
35 births
- 1960s
1960s
98 births
- 1970s
1970s
139 births
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 139 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Carmalita's data
- Carmalita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carmalita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1925–2006 (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 Carmalita 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.