Girls' name · since 1972
Quinita
117 babies named Quinita in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
117 girls have been named Quinita since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Quinita has 117 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1991.
- #25,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quinita ranks #25,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Quinita's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quinita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Quinita's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Quinita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1991
- Peak year (1984)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Quinita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Quinita's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Quinita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Quinita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 17 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quinita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1972–1991 (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 Quinita 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.