How Many People Are Named Carita?
An estimated 646 people in the United States have the first name Carita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 57 years old, and Carita peaked in popularity in 1972 with 33 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
646
About 1 in 530,579 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
57
years old
Peak Year
1972
33 births
Total Registered
1,087
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carita
Carita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,087 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Carita as a female name
Ranked #14,804 in 1999
5 female births in 1999
Peak: 1972 (33 births)
Carita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carita span from the 1900s to the 1990s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 224 babies were registered. Carita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carita by Decade
How has Carita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carita by State
Carita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carita
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carita?
We estimate approximately 646 people named Carita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 530,579 Americans share this first name.
Is Carita a common name?
Carita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,087 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carita most popular?
Carita reached peak popularity in 1972, when 33 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carita is approximately 57 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carita a female name?
Carita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carita Smith, Carita Johnson, Carita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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