Carletha · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1928

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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 46 recorded years as a table

Carletha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1928	4
1940	6
1944	5
1946	4
1947	3
1950	5
1951	5
1952	6
1953	4
1954	9
1955	6
1956	8
1957	5
1958	5
1959	7
1960	5
1961	7
1962	10
1963	7
1964	7
1965	5
1966	6
1967	8
1968	7
1969	8
1970	9
1971	11
1972	8
1973	8
1974	8
1975	7
1976	5
1977	10
1978	5
1979	5
1980	5
1981	5
1982	6
1983	6
1984	5
1985	6
1986	6
1987	5
1991	4
1993	4
1999	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Carletha 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 1999: 5
Rank in 1999: #14,411
How rare: 1 in 354,764 girls
Since 1928: 488

Carletha was last recorded in 1999. 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 1971, at 11 per million girls born.

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

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