Girls' name · since 1969
Cartina
104 babies named Cartina in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cartina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 104 have been recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cartina has been recorded 104 times among girls since 1969, 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 1969 to 1995.
- #26,658 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cartina ranks #26,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #26,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Cartina's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cartina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cartina's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cartina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1995
- Peak year (1972)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Cartina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (93 births, 89% of the file).
1970s was Cartina's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Cartina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 93 births (89% of all-time use).
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- Cartina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Cartina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1969–1995 (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 Cartina 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.