Girls' name · since 1983

Arquita

10 babies named Arquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#54,687 of 72,339
all-time among girls
10
born since 1983
1980s
peak decade

Arquita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1983.

Arquita has 10 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1988.

  • #54,687 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 10 born since 1983
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arquita ranks #54,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.

#54,687 of 72,339
all-time among girls
10
born since 1983
1980s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Arquita's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Arquita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Arquita's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded.

Arquita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1988

Last recorded 1988
Peak year (1983)
5
Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
5 19831988 5

Arquita by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).

1980s was Arquita's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Arquita births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Arquita?
10 babies have been named Arquita since 1983. All-time, it sits at #54,687 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1988. The peak year was 1983 with 5 births.
Where does Arquita sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arquita ranks #54,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Arquita most popular?
Arquita was most popular in the 1980s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1983.
How long has the name Arquita been used?
The SSA has tracked Arquita since 1983 -- 6 years through the most recent 1988 data.
What names are similar to Arquita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Arquilla. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Keep exploring Arquita

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Arquita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arquita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.