Laquan
- Last seen for girls in 2001 at #12,056
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 91.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 202 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,478since 1972
Laquan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,340 | 17 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,466 | 22 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,441 | 32 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,775 | 28 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,497 | 30 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,625 | 29 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,852 | 41 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,223 | 35 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,135 | 36 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,513 | 48 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,752 | 39 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,452 | 45 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,620 | 38 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,295 | 45 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,871 | 59 |
| 2000 | — | #1,993 | 51 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,710 | 61 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,811 | 55 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,509 | 69 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,278 | 86 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,221 | 90 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #1,089 | 106 |
| 1993 | — | #905 | 141 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #950 | 128 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #712 | 202 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #824 | 153 |
| 1989 | — | #1,258 | 74 | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #1,655 | 41 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,444 | 44 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,865 | 30 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,781 | 28 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,963 | 7 |
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First appearance
1972
The first year at least five boys were named Laquan! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Laquan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Laquan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Laquan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,662 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1990
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1992
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1991 at #712 (202 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1990–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,002
- Highest: 1 in 10,002 boys born in 1991 were named Laquan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 44.0% of all boys named Laquan (1,091) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 156 | #1,781 (1976) | #2,450 |
| 1980s | 410 | #1,258 (1989) | #1,662 |
| 1990s | 1,091 | #712 (1991) | #1,201 |
| 2000s | 437 | #1,871 (2001) | #2,573 |
| 2010s | 285 | #2,852 (2011) | #3,868 |
| 2020s | 99 | #4,141 (2020) | #5,660 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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