Girls' name · since 1953
Jequita
16 babies named Jequita in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 1953–1980
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
Jequita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1953.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jequita has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1980.
- 16 total births
- 1953–1980 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jequita's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jequita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jequita's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1953 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jequita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1980
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jequita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jequita's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jequita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jequita's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1953–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jequita: Baby Name Since 1953 - 16 Births, Peak 1953." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jequita. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jequita 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 July 2026.