Chiquita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- chi-KEE-ta
- Origin
- Spanish
Chiquita is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “little one”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chiquita mean?
Spanish
“little one”
Spanish for 'little one', the feminine diminutive of chica.
Is Chiquita a girl's or a boy's name?
Chiquita is a girls' name.
How popular is Chiquita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 373 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Chiquita in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chiquita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,704 |
| 1992 | 148 | #1,181 |
| 1991 | 191 | #979 |
| 1990 | 176 | #1,024 |
| 1989 | 181 | #957 |
| 1988 | 202 | #872 |
| 1987 | 258 | #707 |
| 1986 | 335 | #578 |
| 1985 | 373 | #532 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 173 | #874 |
| 1982 | 185 | #842 |
| 1981 | 153 | #955 |
| 1980 | 184 | #845 |
| 1979 | 212 | #759 |
| 1978 | 197 | #778 |
| 1977 | 214 | #721 |
| 1976 | 197 | #744 |
| 1975 | 216 | #692 |
| 1974 | 214 | #687 |
| 1973 | 222 | #670 |
| 1972 | 206 | #702 |
| 1971 | 97 | #1,176 |
| 1970 | 82 | #1,306 |
| 1969 | 85 | #1,208 |
| 1968 | 75 | #1,267 |
| 1967 | 68 | #1,324 |
| 1966 | 78 | #1,213 |
| 1965 | 71 | #1,274 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,372 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 54 | #1,447 |
| 1957 | 63 | #1,331 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,532 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 54 | #1,366 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,841 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,793 |
| 1949 | 23 | #2,012 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,536 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
Names like Chiquita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela, Christina, Melissa, Cassandra, Maria, Rebecca, Amanda, Monica, Teresa, Jessica, Priscilla, Vanessa
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chiquita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chiquita, updated 20 October 2026.