Laquita

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405

Peak · girls
1983 · 248 births
Debut · girls
68 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,400
since 1930

Laquita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Laquita has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #683, 1983girls
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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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2008#15,4056
2007#17,6365
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2005#16,4625
2004#10,6909
2003#9,67110
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2001#6,95615
2000#8,02712
1999#7,23913
1998#4,23826
1997#3,71630
1996#3,14937
1995#2,42153
1994#1,95272
1993#1,164151
1992#1,207144
1991#874227
1990#827237
1989#880209
1988#892196
1987#845205
1986#780217
1985#772219
1984#737222
1983#683248
1982#794203
1981#809197
1980#739225
1979#800197
1978#731214
1977#796188
1976#880151
1975#783180
1974#938132
1973#963123
1972#1,065108
1971#1,24489
1970#1,65356
1969#1,33872
1968#1,47359
1967#1,53753
1966#2,35726
1965#1,80140
1964#1,40564
1963#1,48956
1962#1,51155
1961#1,34369
1960#1,43059
1959#1,46654
1958#1,54248
1957#1,34462
1956#1,45353
1955#1,34756
1954#1,46547
1953#1,78331
1952#1,40248
1951#1,55537
1950#1,65332
1949#1,60334
1948#1,70830
1947#1,94625
1946#1,48135
1945#1,82521
1944#2,28715
1943#2,44714
1942#1,86021
1941#1,41830
1940#1,17039
1939#1,42427
1938#1,06945
1937#1,14439
1936#1,24533
1935#1,01846
1934#1,03545
1933#93753
1932#83068
1931#88760
1930#86768
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First appearance
1930

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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMNIllinois: #628 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,153 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedINOhio: #669 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,331 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,389 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 15,791 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMOKentucky: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,552 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedARTennessee: #153 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 790 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #477 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,695 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,580 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #532 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsOKLouisiana: #418 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,559 girlsLAMississippi: #222 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,095 girlsMSAlabama: #189 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsALGeorgia: #322 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Laquita, so not publishedHITexas: #647 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,995 girlsTXFlorida: #764 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,452 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#153 · 1 in 790
  2. Alabama#189 · 1 in 1,000
  3. Mississippi#222 · 1 in 1,095
  4. Georgia#322 · 1 in 2,076
  5. Louisiana#418 · 1 in 2,559

Best ever in a state: #144 in Alabama, 1976.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#153361 in 790
Alabama#189231 in 1,000
Mississippi#222151 in 1,095
Georgia#322171 in 2,076
Louisiana#418121 in 2,559
Kentucky#42471 in 3,552
North Carolina#47791 in 3,695
South Carolina#50551 in 3,580
Oklahoma#53251 in 3,860
Illinois#628151 in 5,153
Texas#647241 in 4,995
Ohio#669101 in 7,331
Florida#76481 in 6,452
California#1,389111 in 15,791
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1975 (#938 → #783)
  • Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1992 (#874 → #1,207)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 1983 at #683 (248 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1973–1991
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,736
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.5% of all girls named Laquita (2,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s484#830 (1932)#1,046
1940s264#1,170 (1940)#1,775
1950s468#1,344 (1957)#1,501
1960s553#1,338 (1969)#1,568
1970s1,438#731 (1978)#985
1980s2,141#683 (1983)#793
1990s990#827 (1990)#2,679
2000s62#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 1980

girls
#739
225 births · 1 in 7,379 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #739Laquita225
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 7,379 of them was named Laquita, which outranked 93.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Laquita
  1. #735Jamila226
  2. #735Kandice226
  3. #735Simone226
  4. #739Laquita225
  5. #740Kia224
  6. #740Martina224
  7. #740Susie224
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →