Recorded 1912–1948 Girls' name Peak 1925 234 births

Cuca — girls' name

234 babies named Cuca in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s431920s1241930s481940s19
1920s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Cuca was born in this single decade.

1925
Single peak year

22 babies were named Cuca in 1925 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cuca

The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Cuca between 1912 and 1948, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cuca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cuca performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cuca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Cuca in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cuca 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 234 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.

Cuca at a glance

Last recorded 1948

Total births

234

Since 1912

37 years of records

Peak year

1925

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1948

Active since

1912

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 1948

Cuca popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1912

Last recorded 1948
Peak year (1925)
22
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
0510152025 194819361932192919261923192019171912 5

Cuca by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
124 births that decade — 53% of Cuca's all-time total
1910s431920s1241930s481940s19

Cuca by state

Where Cuca concentrates geographically — total births since 1912

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Cuca
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
101 43.2%
#2 Arizona
5 2.1%
Texas share of Cuca's total US births 43.2%
Even split

101 of 234 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cuca?
234 babies have been named Cuca since 1912. It was last recorded in 1948. The peak year was 1925 with 22 births.
When was Cuca most popular?
Cuca was most popular in the 1920s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1925.
Where is Cuca most popular?
The top states for the name Cuca are Texas (101 births), Arizona (5 births).
How long has the name Cuca been used?
Cuca has been recorded in Social Security data since 1912, spanning 37 years of data through 1948.

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, 1912–1948 (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.