Mariquita — girls' name
18 babies named Mariquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Mariquita since 1983, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 18
- total births
- 1983–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Mariquita was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Mariquita in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mariquita
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Mariquita between 1983 and 1993, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mariquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mariquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mariquita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mariquita 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 18 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.
Mariquita at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mariquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
18 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 7 births in a single year.
Mariquita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Mariquita's all-time total
Mariquita decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Mariquita's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 1983–1993 (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.