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Chiquita

Pronounced CH IH0 K IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1985
  • 89 years in use
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How popular is Chiquita?

Chiquita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1917. It has been given to 6,224 children — the 1,848th most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 2005 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1985, when 373 children were given it.

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1985Girls: 373Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
CH IH0 K IY1 T AH0 · CH IH0 K W IY1 T AH0 · K IH0 K W IY1 T AH0
Stress pattern:
010 · 010 · 010
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Chiquita

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Chiquita

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Chiquita?
Chiquita ranks 1,848th among girls' names in US records, with 6,224 births since 1917. Over the past decade it accounts for 138.
Is Chiquita a unisex name?
No. Chiquita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Chiquita most popular?
1985, when 373 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2005.