Girls' name · since 1950
Chinita
264 babies named Chinita in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
264 girls have been named Chinita since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinita has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1991.
- #17,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 264 born since 1950
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Chinita ranks #17,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 264 born since 1950, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1950
- 1970s
- peak decade
Chinita's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Chinita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Chinita's full recorded timeline at 1970, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Chinita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1991
- Peak year (1974)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Chinita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (129 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Chinita's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Chinita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
69 births
- 1970s
1970s
129 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 129 births (49% of all-time use).
Chinita by state
Where Chinita concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 7 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
7 of 264 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Chinita's data
- Chinita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Chinitas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Chinita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1950–1991 (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 Chinita 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.