Girls' name · since 1953
Karlette
58 babies named Karlette in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Karlette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 58 recorded since 1953.
Social Security Administration records show Karlette recorded 58 times among girls since 1953, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2024.
- #33,273 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 58 born since 1953
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karlette ranks #33,273 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1953, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,273 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 58
- born since 1953
- 2020s
- peak decade
Karlette's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karlette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Karlette splits its recorded history at 1970: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Karlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Karlette by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (15 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Karlette's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Karlette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (26% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Karlette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1953–2024 (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 Karlette 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.