Girls' name · since 1979
Chaquetta
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Chaquetta, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaquetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 52 have been recorded since 1979.
Chaquetta has 52 recorded births among girls since 1979, 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 1979 to 1992.
- #34,505 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 52 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chaquetta ranks #34,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #34,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 52
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chaquetta's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chaquetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chaquetta splits its recorded history at 1988: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chaquetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1992
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Chaquetta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Chaquetta's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Chaquetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Chaquetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 1990s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chaquetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
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, 1979–1992 (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 Chaquetta 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.