Girls' name · since 1972
Naquita
263 babies named Naquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 263
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Naquita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 263 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naquita has been recorded 263 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2001.
- #17,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 263 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naquita ranks #17,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 263 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 263
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Naquita's 263 recorded births place it above 76.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Naquita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naquita's full recorded timeline at 1986, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Naquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2001
- Peak year (1986)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Naquita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (145 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Naquita's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Naquita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
145 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 145 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Naquita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naquita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1972–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Naquita 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 August 2026.