Girls' name · since 1956
Karletta
Karletta has 112 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
112 girls have been named Karletta since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Karletta has 112 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1990.
- #25,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 112 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karletta ranks #25,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 112 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 112
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Karletta's 112 recorded births place it above 64.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karletta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karletta's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1990
- Peak year (1974)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Karletta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (38 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Karletta's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Karletta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 38 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Karletta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (38 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 Karletta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1956–1990 (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 Karletta 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.