Laquita
Laquita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 684th, in 1983.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1983248 births
- Best rank
- #684in 1983
- Since 1930
- 6,399people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,399 girls have been named Laquita in the United States since 1930, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 248 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 248 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1980s alone account for 33%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1983, its biggest year
Laquita was the 684th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Laquita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laquettapeak 1987
- Marquettapeak 1984
- Shareepeak 1979
- Jonellepeak 1981
- Chiquitapeak 1985
- Hilarypeak 1990
- Candrapeak 1984
- Adriennepeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.