Caretha

Girl · recorded 1916–1981

  • 1981last recorded
  • 1931best year

Most popular in 1931.

Last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Caretha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

051019161932194919651981

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Caretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19197
19218
19227
19246
19264
19276
19285
19299
19309
193110
193210
193310
19346
193510
19365
19375
19396
19409
19417
19428
19455
19463
19484
19493
19504
19523
19544
19553
19564
19573
19593
19604
19624
19633
19644
19743
19763
19783
19814

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Caretha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981
6
Rank in 1981
#9,110
How rare
1 in 278,010 girls
Since 1916
293

Caretha was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1931, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Caretha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.