girls:
6.2k births since 1917
#2102 (63rd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1989
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
6.2k births since 1917
#3443 (56th percentile)
The name Chiquita is the #3,443 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,224 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 55.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,102 (63.2% percentile) for all time with 6,218 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1989.
Chiquita first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Chiquita is available in 77 out of the 89 years between 1917 and 2005 (77 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Chiquita has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Chiquita reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 41.8% percentile (ranked #466) with 202 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 202 births per million (ranked 41.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
For boys, Chiquita reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #752) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Chiquita".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Chiquita. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Chiquita is pronounced as chih-KEE-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is chee-KEE-tuh, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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