Cuba
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 92.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 569since 1891
Cuba over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #12,367 | 5 | |
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| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
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| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,666 | 25 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
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| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 | — | |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
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| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cuba! It came in at #1,093, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1894, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cuba is popular in 1898
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Cuba
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 497 spots in 1898 (#1,094 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 553 spots in 1900 (#878 → #1,431)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1898 at #597 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1898–1899
- Highest: 1 in 8,923 girls born in 1898 were named Cuba (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 304,249 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Cuba (153) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1992, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 66 | #597 (1898) | #992 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,007 (1901) | #1,431 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,541 (1914) | #1,928 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,543 (1921) | #2,495 |
| 1930s | 79 | #2,490 (1932) | #3,308 |
| 1940s | 61 | #2,511 (1944) | #3,453 |
| 1950s | 16 | #4,908 (1952) | #5,649 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,696 (1960) | #5,696 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,292 (1972) | #8,292 |
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.
Cuba in 1898
Top girls' names in 1898
More about 1898
girls
258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 8,923 of them was named Cuba, which outranked 69.8% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).