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

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Peak · boys
1991 · 202 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,478
since 1972

Laquan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #4,069, 1977peak #712, 1991girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,80312
2024#6,46913
2023#6,22014
2022#5,21518
2021#5,11018
2020#4,14124
2019#5,34017
2018#4,91819
2017#4,46622
2016#3,44132
2015#3,77528
2014#3,89126
2013#3,49730
2012#3,62529
2011#2,85241
2010#2,87441
2009#3,22335
2008#2,87941
2007#3,13536
2006#2,51348
2005#2,75239
2004#2,45245
2003#2,62038
2002#2,29545
2001#12,0567#1,87159
2000#1,99351
1999#1,71061
1998#1,81155
1997#1,50969
1996#13,5185#1,27886
1995#11,7836#1,22190
1994#8,12210#1,089106
1993#905141
1992#9,4918#950128
1991#7,43011#712202
1990#7,88010#824153
1989#1,25874
1988#6,66611#1,48251
1987#5,92312#1,65541
1986#10,9125#1,83733
1985#10,6775#1,86631
1984#9,1446#1,44444
1983#7,3128#2,08525
1982#5,20913#1,32050
1981#8,1287#1,86530
1980#9,0956#1,80831
1979#6,6969#2,23622
1978#5,21412#1,79429
1977#4,06917#1,85827
1976#5,21511#1,78128
1975#4,85412#2,90213
1974#6,2588#2,54915
1973#6,0808#2,51315
1972#8,2925#3,9637
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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.

See more about Laquan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
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
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s156#1,781 (1976)#2,450
1980s410#1,258 (1989)#1,662
1990s1,091#712 (1991)#1,201
2000s437#1,871 (2001)#2,573
2010s285#2,852 (2011)#3,868
2020s99#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 1994

girls
#8,122
10 births · 1 in 178,575 girls
boys
#1,089
106 births · 1 in 18,227 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #8,122Laquan10

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,089Laquan106
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 178,575 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 48.5% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laquan
  1. #7,604Zahava11
  2. #7,604Zalika11
  3. #7,604Zion11
  4. #8,122Laquan10
  5. #8,122Aalyah10
  6. #8,122Aamina10
  7. #8,122Abbe10
  8. #8,804Aalliyah9
  9. #8,804Aarin9
  10. #8,804Aasha9

Tied with 681 names at #8,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 18,227 of them was named Laquan, which outranked 89.4% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laquan
  1. #1,078Marcelo107
  2. #1,078Mustafa107
  3. #1,078Terell107
  4. #1,089Laquan106
  5. #1,089Diquan106
  6. #1,089Jaren106
  7. #1,089Jarret106
  8. #1,096Cary105
  9. #1,096Hudson105
  10. #1,096Jan105

Tied with 6 names at #1,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1994