Laquita
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 248 births
- Debut · girls
- 68 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,400since 1930
Laquita over time
Rank among girls' names. Laquita has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 |
| 1994 | #1,952 | 72 |
| 1993 | #1,164 | 151 |
| 1992 | #1,207 | 144 |
| 1991 | #874 | 227 |
| 1990 | #827 | 237 |
| 1989 | #880 | 209 |
| 1988 | #892 | 196 |
| 1987 | #845 | 205 |
| 1986 | #780 | 217 |
| 1985 | #772 | 219 |
| 1984 | #737 | 222 |
| 1983 | #683 | 248 |
| 1982 | #794 | 203 |
| 1981 | #809 | 197 |
| 1980 | #739 | 225 |
| 1979 | #800 | 197 |
| 1978 | #731 | 214 |
| 1977 | #796 | 188 |
| 1976 | #880 | 151 |
| 1975 | #783 | 180 |
| 1974 | #938 | 132 |
| 1973 | #963 | 123 |
| 1972 | #1,065 | 108 |
| 1971 | #1,244 | 89 |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,405 | 64 |
| 1963 | #1,489 | 56 |
| 1962 | #1,511 | 55 |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 |
| 1958 | #1,542 | 48 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 |
| 1955 | #1,347 | 56 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,402 | 48 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,603 | 34 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1940 | #1,170 | 39 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1934 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1933 | #937 | 53 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 |
| 1931 | #887 | 60 |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Laquita! It came in at #867, and was given to 68 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Laquita is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#196 · 1 in 940
- Tennessee#218 · 1 in 1,220
- Alabama#235 · 1 in 1,367
- Arkansas#264 · 1 in 1,595
- Georgia#332 · 1 in 2,052
Best ever in a state: #144 in Alabama, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #196 | 17 | 1 in 940 |
| Tennessee | #218 | 23 | 1 in 1,220 |
| Alabama | #235 | 16 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Arkansas | #264 | 8 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Georgia | #332 | 17 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Louisiana | #415 | 12 | 1 in 2,640 |
| North Carolina | #432 | 10 | 1 in 3,420 |
| Texas | #630 | 27 | 1 in 4,812 |
| Illinois | #631 | 14 | 1 in 5,316 |
| Virginia | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,160 |
| Florida | #966 | 6 | 1 in 9,451 |
| California | #1,618 | 9 | 1 in 20,637 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Laquita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1975 (#938 → #783)
- Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1992 (#874 → #1,207)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1983 at #683 (248 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1973–1991
- Highest: 1 in 6,736 girls born in 1983 were named Laquita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 33.5% of all girls named Laquita (2,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 484 | #830 (1932) | #1,046 |
| 1940s | 264 | #1,170 (1940) | #1,775 |
| 1950s | 468 | #1,344 (1957) | #1,501 |
| 1960s | 553 | #1,338 (1969) | #1,568 |
| 1970s | 1,438 | #731 (1978) | #985 |
| 1980s | 2,141 | #683 (1983) | #793 |
| 1990s | 990 | #827 (1990) | #2,679 |
| 2000s | 62 | #6,956 (2001) | #12,121 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Laquita in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
More about 1982
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1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 8,342 of them was named Laquita, which outranked 93.6% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #791Annmarie204
- #791Kyra204
- #791Mari204
- #794Laquita203
- #794Cathleen203
- #794Cristal203
- #794Julianna203
- #799Kassie202
- #799Shalonda202
- #801Brandon201
Tied with 4 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.