Girls' name · since 1929
Carmita
187 babies named Carmita in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1929
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carmita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 187 recorded since 1929.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmita has been recorded 187 times among girls since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1982.
- #20,491 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 187 born since 1929
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carmita ranks #20,491 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1929, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,491 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1929
- 1970s
- peak decade
Carmita's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Carmita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Carmita's full recorded timeline at 1971, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Carmita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1982
- Peak year (1977)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Carmita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (127 births, 68% of the file).
1970s was Carmita's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Carmita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 27
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
127 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 127 births (68% of all-time use).
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What to do with Carmita's data
- Carmita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Carmita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1929–1982 (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 Carmita 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.