Chiquita
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 373 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,219since 1917
Chiquita over time
Rank among girls' names. Chiquita has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,708 | 87 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,183 | 148 | — | |
| 1991 | #981 | 191 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,026 | 176 | — | |
| 1989 | #960 | 181 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #872 | 202 | — | |
| 1987 | #707 | 258 | — | |
| 1986 | #578 | 335 | — | |
| 1985 | #532 | 373 | — | |
| 1984 | #821 | 191 | — | |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 | — | |
| 1982 | #842 | 185 | — | |
| 1981 | #955 | 153 | — | |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 | — | |
| 1979 | #759 | 212 | — | |
| 1978 | #778 | 197 | — | |
| 1977 | #721 | 214 | — | |
| 1976 | #744 | 197 | — | |
| 1975 | #692 | 216 | — | |
| 1974 | #687 | 214 | — | |
| 1973 | #670 | 222 | — | |
| 1972 | #702 | 206 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,306 | 82 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,208 | 85 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,213 | 78 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,720 | 44 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,448 | 54 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,533 | 48 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,367 | 54 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
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| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
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| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Chiquita! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1927, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Chiquita is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#202 · 1 in 973
- Mississippi#210 · 1 in 1,025
- Florida#219 · 1 in 1,074
- District of Columbia#280 · 1 in 1,278
- Louisiana#300 · 1 in 1,511
Best ever in a state: #98 in Mississippi, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #202 | 35 | 1 in 973 |
| Mississippi | #210 | 16 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Florida | #219 | 40 | 1 in 1,074 |
| District of Columbia | #280 | 5 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Louisiana | #300 | 17 | 1 in 1,511 |
| Tennessee | #307 | 15 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Arkansas | #319 | 7 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Alabama | #330 | 12 | 1 in 1,914 |
| Virginia | #468 | 7 | 1 in 4,010 |
| Illinois | #509 | 18 | 1 in 3,901 |
| North Carolina | #537 | 7 | 1 in 4,982 |
| Michigan | #765 | 7 | 1 in 8,412 |
| Ohio | #958 | 5 | 1 in 14,050 |
| Texas | #1,078 | 8 | 1 in 11,796 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Chiquita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 474 spots in 1972 (#1,176 → #702)
- Biggest drop: 202 spots in 1992 (#981 → #1,183)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1985 at #532 (373 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1972–1989
- Highest: 1 in 4,613 girls born in 1985 were named Chiquita (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,974 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 35.9% of all girls named Chiquita (2,235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,344 (1917) | #3,344 |
| 1920s | 21 | #3,394 (1929) | #3,964 |
| 1930s | 91 | #2,038 (1939) | #2,618 |
| 1940s | 147 | #1,897 (1947) | #2,565 |
| 1950s | 414 | #1,332 (1957) | #1,634 |
| 1960s | 609 | #1,208 (1969) | #1,481 |
| 1970s | 1,857 | #670 (1973) | #824 |
| 1980s | 2,235 | #532 (1985) | #799 |
| 1990s | 788 | #981 (1991) | #3,086 |
| 2000s | 49 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,480 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chiquita in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 6,569 of them was named Chiquita, which outranked 93.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #664Nanette224
- #664Venus224
- #669Aisha223
- #670Chiquita222
- #670Carissa222
- #670Christian222
- #670Danelle222
- #675Anissa221
- #675Deann221
- #675Penelope221
Tied with 4 names at #670; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.