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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#319 · 1 in 2,772
- North Carolina#406 · 1 in 3,571
- Virginia#441 · 1 in 4,206
- Pennsylvania#454 · 1 in 5,562
- New York#588 · 1 in 6,603
Best ever in a state: #241 in South Carolina, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #319 | 19 | 1 in 2,772 |
| North Carolina | #406 | 13 | 1 in 3,571 |
| Virginia | #441 | 10 | 1 in 4,206 |
| Pennsylvania | #454 | 14 | 1 in 5,562 |
| New York | #588 | 20 | 1 in 6,603 |
| Illinois | #799 | 8 | 1 in 10,778 |
| Florida | #876 | 7 | 1 in 12,502 |
| California | #1,954 | 6 | 1 in 47,388 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Laquan
- 334 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,803)
- 2,662 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #6,803)
- 3,028 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 434 spots in 1990 (#1,258 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1992 (#712 → #950)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1991 at #712 (202 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1990–1993
- 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%)
- 44.0% of all boys named Laquan (1,091) were born in this decade
- 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.
Laquan in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 230,491 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 39.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,734Zella9
- #8,734Zulay9
- #8,734Zyanya9
- #9,491Laquan8
- #9,491Abbagail8
- #9,491Abiola8
- #9,491Abony8
- #10,479Aarion7
- #10,479Aarthi7
- #10,479Abbye7
Tied with 987 names at #9,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 15,605 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 90.3% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).