Chiquita

Chiquita: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “little one”
Origin: Spanish
Say it: chee-KEE-tuh · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Spanish diminutive of chica, meaning 'girl' or 'little girl'. It is also familiar from the stage name Chiquita Banana.

How popular is Chiquita?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Chiquita in 20240

Peak year1985

Total US babies since 18806,224

Chiquita was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Chiquita

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
Lolasorrows · Spanish
Amoralove · Spanish

Chiquita questions

What does the name Chiquita mean?

Chiquita means "little one". It comes from Spanish. Spanish diminutive of chica, meaning 'girl' or 'little girl'. It is also familiar from the stage name Chiquita Banana.

Is Chiquita a boy or girl name?

Chiquita is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Chiquita?

Chiquita was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1985.

How do you pronounce Chiquita?

Chiquita is usually pronounced chee-KEE-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.