Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Charita

#5,622 most common girls' name of all time · #9,536 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1941–2009

Rank among girls
#5,622
Rank overall
#9,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,406
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1981 #1,741
Best rank
#1,694 1983
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
196019802000

Charita first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2009 5 — 5 #17,613
1999 6 — 6 #12,936
1998 11 — 11 #8,124
1997 6 — 6 #12,327
1993 13 — 13 #6,711
1992 19 — 19 #5,113
1991 28 — 28 #3,746
1990 26 — 26 #3,930
1989 18 — 18 #4,900
1988 30 — 30 #3,252
1987 33 — 33 #2,935
1986 45 — 45 #2,284
1985 60 — 60 #1,863
1984 50 — 50 #2,034
1983 65 — 65 #1,694
1982 58 — 58 #1,863
1981 65 — 65 #1,741
1980 49 — 49 #2,107
1979 61 — 61 #1,781
1978 43 — 43 #2,173
1977 48 — 48 #2,014
1976 34 — 34 #2,414
1975 33 — 33 #2,426
1974 40 — 40 #2,087
1973 39 — 39 #2,084
1972 33 — 33 #2,298
1971 32 — 32 #2,406
1970 26 — 26 #2,746
1969 30 — 30 #2,379
1968 27 — 27 #2,406
1967 31 — 31 #2,148
1966 40 — 40 #1,819
1965 42 — 42 #1,762
1964 35 — 35 #2,028
1963 28 — 28 #2,291
1962 23 — 23 #2,586
1961 14 — 14 #3,555
1960 15 — 15 #3,300
1959 23 — 23 #2,443
1958 11 — 11 #3,873
1957 20 — 20 #2,631
1956 20 — 20 #2,598
1955 17 — 17 #2,814
1954 18 — 18 #2,675
1953 6 — 6 #5,436
1952 5 — 5 #6,086
1948 6 — 6 #5,100
1947 7 — 7 #4,672
1942 6 — 6 #4,575
1941 6 — 6 #4,392