Carlita
Carlita 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
- 198541 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 1,380people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,380 girls have been named Carlita in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 41 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 24%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Carlita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 38 | |
| 1930s | 60 | |
| 1940s | 84 | |
| 1950s | 143 | |
| 1960s | 191 | |
| 1970s | 334 | |
| 1980s | 213 | |
| 1990s | 149 | |
| 2000s | 103 | |
| 2010s | 44 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Carlita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Carlita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Soniapeak 1970
- Davidapeak 1972
- Lucreciapeak 1977
- Janellpeak 1979
- Jennypeak 1977
- Karypeak 1972
- Guillerminapeak 1966
- Devonapeak 1970
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.