Girls' name · since 1972
Chikita
92 babies named Chikita in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
92 girls have been named Chikita since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Chikita has 92 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1989.
- #27,994 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chikita ranks #27,994 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chikita's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Chikita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Chikita splits its recorded history at 1981: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Chikita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1989
- Peak year (1979)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Chikita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 53% of the file).
1970s was Chikita's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Chikita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Chikita's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1980s (43) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chikita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1972–1989 (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 Chikita 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.