Carlita

Gender: Girl
Say it: kar-LEE-ta
Origin: Germanic
US rank, 2025: #14,937 for girls

Carlita is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “free man”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Carlita mean?

Germanic: Spanish diminutive of Carla, feminine of Carlos (Charles)

“free man”

Spanish diminutive of Carla, a feminine form of Carlos, the Spanish form of Charles.

Is Carlita a girl's or a boy's name?

Carlita 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 Carlita in the US?

Rank in 2025: 14,937th among girls
Babies in 2025: 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Carlita, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1985, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the girls named Carlita in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 41 in 19852025

Carlita in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	5	#14,937
2024	0	–
2023	5	#15,188
2022	0	–
2021	5	#15,246
2020	0	–
2019	5	#15,532
2018	6	#13,788
2017	6	#14,120
2016	0	–
2015	5	#16,413
2014	5	#16,507
2013	10	#10,230
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	7	#13,442
2009	0	–
2008	6	#15,399
2007	11	#10,125
2006	17	#7,140
2005	10	#10,123
2004	12	#8,711
2003	17	#6,571
2002	10	#9,476
2001	10	#9,344
2000	10	#9,156
1999	16	#6,185
1998	11	#8,011
1997	10	#8,329
1996	10	#8,127
1995	24	#4,212
1994	17	#5,440
1993	9	#8,712
1992	13	#6,645
1991	15	#5,943
1990	24	#4,115
1989	20	#4,516
1988	14	#5,593
1987	16	#4,853
1986	17	#4,536
1985	41	#2,397
1984	16	#4,477
1983	16	#4,475
1982	25	#3,343
1981	25	#3,340
1980	23	#3,506
1979	32	#2,724
1978	25	#3,098
1977	30	#2,715
1976	32	#2,486
1975	37	#2,232
1974	30	#2,497
1973	39	#2,064
1972	39	#2,022
1971	37	#2,175
1970	33	#2,307
1969	23	#2,768
1968	19	#2,969
1967	18	#2,963
1966	18	#2,936
1965	12	#3,732
1964	24	#2,529
1963	21	#2,703
1962	18	#2,921
1961	23	#2,542
1960	15	#3,211
1959	23	#2,394
1958	19	#2,662
1957	11	#3,695
1956	22	#2,388
1955	15	#2,970
1954	6	#5,146
1953	26	#2,016
1952	12	#3,200
1951	9	#3,713
1950	0	–
1949	10	#3,392
1948	9	#3,591
1947	11	#3,238
1946	10	#3,216
1945	5	#4,554
1944	11	#2,761
1943	7	#3,800
1942	11	#2,815
1941	0	–
1940	10	#2,736
1939	8	#3,143
1938	7	#3,448
1937	8	#3,145
1936	10	#2,688
1935	6	#3,740
1934	0	–
1933	6	#3,751
1932	0	–
1931	7	#3,495
1930	8	#3,343
1929	8	#3,392
1928	8	#3,434
1927	0	–
1926	5	#4,849
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	5	#5,007
1921	5	#5,097
1920	7	#3,955
1919	0	–
1918	5	#4,807
1917	0	–
1916	0	–
1915	0	–
1914	6	#3,187