Carletha
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 488since 1928
Carletha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Carletha has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
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| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
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| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,741 | 20 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
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| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
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| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
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First appearance
1928
The first year at least five girls were named Carletha! It came in at #4,725, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1928–1939, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1928
- Peaked 1954 at #2,695 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 92,435
- Highest: 1 in 92,435 girls born in 1971 were named Carletha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,695 in 1954, was only 1 in 114,230 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 26.6% of all girls named Carletha (130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1920s | 5 | #4,725 (1928) | #4,725 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,079 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,695 (1954) | #3,528 |
| 1960s | 130 | #2,741 (1962) | #3,748 |
| 1970s | 118 | #3,508 (1971) | #5,202 |
| 1980s | 75 | #5,911 (1982) | #6,794 |
| 1990s | 19 | #10,271 (1991) | #11,757 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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