Recorded 1954–1991 Girls' name Peak 1986 21 births

Joquita — girls' name

21 babies named Joquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s51980s111990s5
1980s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Joquita was born in this single decade.

1986
Single peak year

6 babies were named Joquita in 1986 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Joquita

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Joquita between 1954 and 1991, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Joquita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joquita 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 21 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.

Joquita at a glance

Last recorded 1991

Total births

21

Since 1954

38 years of records

Peak year

1986

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1991

Active since

1954

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 1991

Joquita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1954

Last recorded 1991
Peak year (1986)
6
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
4.555.566.5 1991198619801954 5

Joquita by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
11 births that decade — 52% of Joquita's all-time total
1950s51980s111990s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joquita?
21 babies have been named Joquita since 1954. It was last recorded in 1991. The peak year was 1986 with 6 births.
When was Joquita most popular?
Joquita was most popular in the 1980s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
How long has the name Joquita been used?
Joquita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1954, spanning 38 years of data through 1991.
What names are similar to Joquita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joquetta. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1954–1991 (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.