Chonita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Chonita

The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Chonita between 1917 and 1979, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chonita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Chonita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Chonita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Chonita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Chonita 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 213 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.