Girls' name · since 1971
Claritza
Claritza has 446 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 446
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Claritza is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 446 have been recorded since 1971.
Claritza has 446 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2022.
- #12,673 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 446 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Claritza ranks #12,673 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 446 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,673 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 446
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Claritza's 446 recorded births place it above 82.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Claritza's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Claritza's full recorded timeline at 2000, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Claritza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2022
- Peak year (1994)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Claritza by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (149 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Claritza's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Claritza births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s
1990s
148 births
- 2000s
2000s
149 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 149 births (33% of all-time use).
Claritza by state
Where Claritza concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 10.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 2.9% |
45 of 446 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Claritza's data
- Claritza's decade-level peak was the 2000s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Claritzas (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Claritza: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1971–2022 (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 Claritza 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.