Caridad
Caridad is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197159 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1924
- 1,754people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,754 girls have been named Caridad in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 59 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 59 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 27%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Caridad | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 24 | |
| 1940s | 17 | |
| 1950s | 120 | |
| 1960s | 317 | |
| 1970s | 478 | |
| 1980s | 391 | |
| 1990s | 240 | |
| 2000s | 98 | |
| 2010s | 41 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Caridad was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Caridad
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ronicapeak 1977
- Monicapeak 1979
- Tandrapeak 1971
- Hollypeak 1983
- Jeanapeak 1970
- Melainepeak 1980
- Brandapeak 1973
- Janelpeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.