Cuba
Recorded 1891–2008 · United States
Cuba was most popular in 1898, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #944 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 616 people named Cuba.
Cuba over time
How old is the name Cuba?
Cuba first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1891, which makes it about 134 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 135 years since. It was last recorded in 2008.
How many people are named Cuba?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 616 American births named Cuba between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 107 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Cuba in 2025?
Cuba was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Cuba a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Cuba is mostly a girl’s name — 92.4% of the 616 Americans given it were girls and 7.6% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Cuba?
Roughly 107 Americans named Cuba are alive today — 17% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 78 years old, and half are between 54 and 85. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org