Yakita
Antigua and Barbuda is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Antigua and Barbuda's 12th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1979.
Meaning & Origin of Yakita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Antigua and Barbuda is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. This was Antigua and Barbuda's 12th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the Games since 1979.
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The Story of Yakita
The earliest SSA record of Yakita as a baby girl name dates back to 1973, when 6 babies received it. 1977 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Yakita — #7,567 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Yakita on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Yakita last appeared in the published SSA data in 1984, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 30 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yakita
Yakita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 30 births in the dataset. Yakita's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #7,567. Use the chart and map above to compare Yakita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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