Girls' name · since 1981
Laniqua
87 babies named Laniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Laniqua is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 87 have been recorded since 1981.
Laniqua has 87 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1999.
- #28,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laniqua ranks #28,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #28,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Laniqua's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Laniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laniqua's full recorded timeline at 1992, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1999
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Laniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (72 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Laniqua's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Laniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (83% of all-time use).
Laniqua by state
Where Laniqua concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 5.7% |
5 of 87 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Laniquas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laniqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laniqua draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.