Girls' name · since 1951
Chequita
Chequita has 325 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,240 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 325
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chequita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 325 have been recorded since 1951.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chequita has been recorded 325 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1993.
- #15,240 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 325 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chequita ranks #15,240 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 325 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,240 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 325
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Chequita's 325 recorded births place it above 78.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Chequita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chequita's full recorded timeline at 1973, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chequita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1993
- Peak year (1984)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Chequita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (106 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Chequita's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Chequita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 41
1950s
41 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
106 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 106 births (33% of all-time use).
Chequita by state
Where Chequita concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 325 births nationwide.
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What to do with Chequita's data
- Chequita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Chequitas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Chequita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1951–1993 (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 Chequita 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.