Girls' name · since 1952
Cerita
Since 1952, U.S. Social Security records show 104 babies named Cerita, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cerita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 104 recorded since 1952.
Cerita has 104 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1990.
- #26,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1952
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cerita ranks #26,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1952, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Cerita'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.
Cerita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cerita's full recorded timeline at 1973, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cerita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1990
- Peak year (1961)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Cerita by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (44 births, 42% of the file).
1960s was Cerita's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Cerita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
44 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 44 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cerita's data
- Cerita's decade-level peak was the 1960s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cerita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1952–1990 (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 Cerita 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.