Given name & surname

Charito

Charito is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in Cebuano.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Charito comes from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Cebuano usage, Charito is a diminutive of Charo.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Charito through the years

Babies since 1880
43
0 boys · 43 girls
Most popular year
1980
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19800.0
Charito in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1961–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,318 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Charito’s family of names

In Cebuano usage, Charito is a diminutive of Charo. In Greek usage, Charito as a surname is a transliteration of Χαρίτο. In Cebuano usage, Charito has a diminutive in CHARING.

Walk Charito’s family in the name graph

CharitoCharytoΧαρίτοCharoCharing

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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