Laqueta — girls' name
426 babies named Laqueta in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Laqueta was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Laqueta in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laqueta
The Social Security Administration has registered 426 babies named Laqueta between 1932 and 1993, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laqueta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laqueta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Laqueta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laqueta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laqueta 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 426 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.
Laqueta at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laqueta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1932
- Peak year (1985)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
426 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 22 births in a single year.
Laqueta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 117 births that decade — 27% of Laqueta's all-time total
Laqueta decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laqueta's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Laqueta by state
Where Laqueta concentrates geographically — total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 426 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% 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, 1932–1993 (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.