Movita — girls' name
48 babies named Movita in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Movita was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Movita in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Movita
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Movita between 1938 and 1964, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Movita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Movita performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Movita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Movita 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 48 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.
Movita at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Movita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1938
- Peak year (1939)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
48 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 12 births in a single year.
Movita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 22 births that decade — 46% of Movita's all-time total
Movita decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Movita's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% 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, 1938–1964 (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.