Girls' name · since 1975
Niquita
119 babies named Niquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
119 girls have been named Niquita since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niquita has been recorded 119 times among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 1992.
- #25,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Niquita ranks #25,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Niquita's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Niquita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Niquita's full recorded timeline at 1986, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Niquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1992
- Peak year (1986)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Niquita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (87 births, 73% of the file).
1980s was Niquita's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Niquita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 87 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Niquita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Niquita: 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 (~17 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, 1975–1992 (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 Niquita 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.