Girls' name · since 1983
Raquita
36 babies named Raquita in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Raquita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 36 have been recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raquita has been recorded 36 times among girls since 1983, 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 1983 to 1990.
- #38,926 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raquita ranks #38,926 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,926 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Raquita's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raquita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raquita's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raquita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1990
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Raquita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (31 births, 86% of the file).
1980s was Raquita's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Raquita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 31 births (86% of all-time use).
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- Raquita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Raquita: 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 (~7 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, 1983–1990 (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 Raquita 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.