Naquita — girls' name
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.
55% of everyone ever named Naquita was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Naquita in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naquita
The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Naquita between 1972 and 2001, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Naquita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naquita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Naquita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naquita 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 263 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.
Naquita at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1972
- Peak year (1986)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
263 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 28 births in a single year.
Naquita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 145 births that decade — 55% of Naquita's all-time total
Naquita decade highlights
- Peak decade 145 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Naquita's strongest decade
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1972–2001 (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.