Laquana — girls' name
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.
48% of everyone ever named Laquana was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Laquana in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laquana
The Social Security Administration has registered 763 babies named Laquana between 1971 and 2001, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laquana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laquana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 370 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laquana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Laquana in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laquana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 763 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Laquana at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laquana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1971
- Peak year (1979)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
763 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 49 births in a single year.
Laquana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 370 births that decade — 48% of Laquana's all-time total
Laquana decade highlights
- Peak decade 370 births
- Runner-up 193 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laquana's strongest decade
370 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.2% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.