Girls' name · since 1988
Laquaya
29 babies named Laquaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,366 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Laquaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Laquaya recorded 29 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 1993.
- #41,366 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquaya ranks #41,366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,366 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Laquaya's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laquaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Laquaya splits its recorded history at 1991: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Laquaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1993
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Laquaya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (24 births, 83% of the file).
1990s was Laquaya's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Laquaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (83% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Laquaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1988–1993 (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 Laquaya 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.