Pacita — girls' name
46 babies named Pacita in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Pacita was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Pacita in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pacita
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Pacita between 1927 and 1963, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pacita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pacita performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Pacita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pacita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pacita 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 46 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.
Pacita at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pacita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1927
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
46 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 7 births in a single year.
Pacita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 17 births that decade — 37% of Pacita's all-time total
Pacita decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Pacita's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Pacita by state
Where Pacita concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 24 | 52.2% |
24 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 52.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 52.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1927–1963 (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.