Chinita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chinita

The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Chinita between 1950 and 1991, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chinita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chinita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Chinita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Chinita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chinita 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 264 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.