Caridad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-ree-DAHD
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Caridad is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “charity”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Caridad mean?
Spanish: Spanish word caridad, from Latin caritas
“charity”
Spanish word for charity; the name honours Our Lady of Charity (La Caridad del Cobre), patroness of Cuba.
Is Caridad a girl's or a boy's name?
Caridad is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caridad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Caridad, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1971, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Caridad in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caridad in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,906 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,273 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,761 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,920 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,594 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 38 | #2,023 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,581 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 29 | #2,210 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
Names like Caridad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marisol Maria Angela Luz Sabrina Cassandra Amanda Melissa Lucero Christina Dulce Sierra
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caridad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caridad, updated 20 October 2026.