Karita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Karita

The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Karita between 1958 and 2005, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Karita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 197 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.