Given name & surname
Carletta
“a free woman”
Carletta is a variant of Carla. In Latin use, Carla carries the interpretation “a free woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carletta is a variant of Carla. In Latin use, Carla carries the interpretation “a free woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carletta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,060
- 0 boys · 3,060 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 98 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 98 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,167 as a first name in 2020; 151 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carletta’s family of names
Carletta has a related form in Carla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carletta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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