How Many People Are Named Taquita?
An estimated 254 people in the United States have the first name Taquita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Taquita peaked in popularity in 1983 with 30 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Taquita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Taquita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
254
About 1 in 1,349,427 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1983
30 births
Total Registered
270
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Taquita
Taquita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 270 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Taquita as a female name
Ranked #11,685 in 1996
7 female births in 1996
Peak: 1983 (30 births)
Taquita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Taquita span from the 1970s to the 1990s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 149 babies were registered. While Taquita is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Taquita by Decade
How has Taquita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Taquita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Taquita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Taquita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Taquita?
We estimate approximately 254 people named Taquita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,349,427 Americans share this first name.
Is Taquita a common name?
Taquita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 270 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Taquita most popular?
Taquita reached peak popularity in 1983, when 30 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Taquita is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Taquita a female name?
Taquita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Taquita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Taquita Smith, Taquita Johnson, Taquita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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