Girls' name · since 1957
Sequita
200 babies named Sequita in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sequita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 200 recorded since 1957.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sequita has been recorded 200 times among girls since 1957, 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 1957 to 1992.
- #19,834 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1957
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sequita ranks #19,834 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1957, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,834 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1957
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sequita's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sequita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sequita's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1963, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sequita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1992
- Peak year (1985)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Sequita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (108 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Sequita's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Sequita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
59 births
- 1980s
1980s
108 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 108 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Sequita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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 Sequita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1957–1992 (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 Sequita 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.