Girls' name · since 1980
Laquista
Laquista has 16 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Laquista since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquista has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1985.
- #48,888 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laquista ranks #48,888 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #48,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Laquista's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Laquista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Laquista's full recorded timeline at 1982, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Laquista popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1985
- Peak year (1980)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Laquista by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Laquista's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Laquista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laquista: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
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, 1980–1985 (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 Laquista 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.