Girls' name · since 1973
Laquinda
Laquinda has 145 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
145 girls have been named Laquinda since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquinda has been recorded 145 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1994.
- #23,132 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquinda ranks #23,132 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,132 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laquinda's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laquinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laquinda's full recorded timeline at 1985, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laquinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1994
- Peak year (1982)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Laquinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (109 births, 75% of the file).
1980s was Laquinda's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Laquinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 109 births (75% of all-time use).
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What to do with Laquinda's data
- Laquinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laquinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1973–1994 (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 Laquinda 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.