Chicquita — girls' name
63 babies named Chicquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
63 girls have been named Chicquita since 1954, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1982.
- 63
- total births
- 1954–1982
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Chicquita was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Chicquita in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chicquita
The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Chicquita between 1954 and 1982, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chicquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chicquita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Chicquita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chicquita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 63 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Chicquita at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chicquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1954
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
63 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 8 births in a single year.
Chicquita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 29 births that decade — 46% of Chicquita's all-time total
Chicquita decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chicquita's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.