Girls' name · since 1971
Laquana
763 babies named Laquana in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 763
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
763 girls have been named Laquana since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Laquana has 763 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2001.
- #9,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 763 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquana ranks #9,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 763 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 763
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laquana's 763 recorded births place it above 87.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Laquana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laquana's full recorded timeline at 1986, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laquana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2001
- Peak year (1979)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Laquana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (370 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Laquana's strongest decade.
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Laquana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
193 births
- 1980s
1980s
370 births
- 1990s
1990s
189 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 370 births (48% of all-time use).
How Laquana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Laquana's total volume
Laquana by state
Where Laquana concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 93 | 12.2% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 24 | 3.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 22 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
93 of 763 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Laquana's data
- Laquana's decade-level peak was the 1980s (370 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Laquanas (93 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laquana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1971–2001 (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 Laquana 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.