Paquita

Girls' name

Diminutive of Francisca

Paquita has been given to 188 babies in the U.S. since 1935. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1973, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Paquita, 1983

1 in 495,000

Paquita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Paquita: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Francisca

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Paquita means

Paquita is a diminutive of Francisca.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Paquita is used in Spanish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /pa.ˈki.ta/ for Paquita.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Francisca.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 188 girls were recorded with the name Paquita between 1935 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1973; its best national rank was #3,861 in 1941.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Paquita?

Paquita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1983, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1983: 1 in 495,000; 7 of 3,463,011 births
Among girls only: 1 in 239,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1983: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 342,912 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Paquita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1983 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 342,912 children born in 1983 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paquita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Paquitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paquita was born before 1972 — so the typical Paquita is around 53 today.

Median birth year: 1972; About 53 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 43.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 78.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 176; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 43.6% of all recorded uses (82).

Is Paquita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1973 (14)
Years since peak: 52; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,861; 1941

Spellings of Paquita

Paquita is not the most common spelling — Marquita is, with 43.1% against Paquita's 0.74%.

Marquita43.1%11,011
Laquita25.1%6,400
Shaquita9.4%2,391
Laquinta4.7%1,209
Paulita3.9%991
Jaquita3.1%785
Aquila3.0%760
Laquitta2.8%707

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Paquita around the world

Where Paquita ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1916–2018
#7,682
in 2018
South Australia
1945–2008
#796
in 2008

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Paquita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,861; 1941
Peak year: 1973; 14 that year
First recorded: 1935
Last recorded: 1983
All-time count: 188
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Paquita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Samhita Anahita Sulamita Talita Mishita Carmita Rosalita Sequita Trinita Aelita Marlita Chonita Rishita Shinita Kennita Marnita Tequita Nandita Emerita Cruzita Darnita Nishita Naquita Chakita

Sibling names for Paquita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Melonie Carmelita Nicola Latonia Kesha Suzanna Jenni Latricia

For a brother

Demond Shon Erin Giuseppe Abdul Shelton Darrick Judd

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