Querida — girls' name
127 babies named Querida in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Querida was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Querida in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Querida
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Querida between 1978 and 2003, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Querida currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Querida performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Querida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Querida 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 127 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.
Querida at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Querida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1978
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
127 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 17 births in a single year.
Querida by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 79 births that decade — 62% of Querida's all-time total
Querida decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Querida's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 1978–2003 (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.