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.
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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 231,658 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,622Yamil8
- #3,622Yvette8
- #3,622Zenas8
- #3,963Laquan7
- #3,963Abayomi7
- #3,963Abdon7
- #3,963Adolf7
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
Tied with 477 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.