How rare is the name Caridad?

8,198 people in the United States have the first name Caridad, about 1 in 36,842. It ranks #2,820 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARIDAD

#2,820

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,198
About
1 in 36,842
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,198 people named Caridad, 89% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 9.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caridad peaked in 1971, when 59 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
59
In 2025*
5 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,759 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Caridad by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,057. The largest share of babies named Caridad, 40.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#9,76523
1930s#8,37524
1940s#9,67317
1950s#5,293120
1960s#3,387317
1970s#3,057478
1980s#4,015391
1990s#7,108240
2000s#16,47598
2010s#26,45441
2020s#33,74410
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–452.3%
Baby boom 1946–6415%
Generation X 1965–8040.3%
Millennials 1981–9630.4%
Generation Z 1997–129.5%
2013 and later1.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Caridad is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caridad has been most common in Florida (10×), New York (7.2×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (2.1×).

1,126 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Caridad

1 other first name also has 8,198 people.

#2,820 Xin · 8,198

Either side of Caridad

#2,818 Briella · 8,200#2,818 Juniper · 8,200#2,820 Xin · 8,198#2,822 Aline · 8,195

Also a last name

As a last name, Caridad ranks #52,889 of 156,621, with 423 people. See Caridad as a last name

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