Meaning of the nameCarlita
- Female
- Car-li-ta
Carlita is a feminine name ending in -ita, recorded mostly among people born between the 1940s and the 1960s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,479 people named Carlita, the 6,328th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 62, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Carlita is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,479
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,328
- Median age
- 62 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,770
- people
Carlita in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Carlita, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (367 people).
1,468 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Carlita is most common
States with the highest share of people named Carlita in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.003%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 358 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 217 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 199 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 107 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 82 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 54 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 53 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 49 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 46 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 35 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 33 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 30 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 27 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 25 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 24 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 24 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 19 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 16 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 16 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Carlita
The origin of the name Carlita is uncertain; Behind the Name lists it only among user-submitted names, and a derivation from Carla or Carlos is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,479 people named Carlita, with a median age of 62. It is almost always a female name and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia, where the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil also lists it among the states of highest incidence. Almost all records are of people born up to the 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
Questions about the name Carlita
What does the name Carlita mean?
The meaning of Carlita is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Carlita in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,479 people with the first name Carlita, which ranks it number 6,328 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Carlita a boy's or a girl's name?
Carlita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,468 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Carlita most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Carlita (358 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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