Daquita — girls' name
51 babies named Daquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Daquita was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Daquita in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daquita
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Daquita between 1982 and 1997, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Daquita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daquita 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 51 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.
Daquita at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1982
- Peak year (1987)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
51 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 9 births in a single year.
Daquita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 33 births that decade — 65% of Daquita's all-time total
Daquita decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Daquita's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–1997 (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.