Laquitha — girls' name
68 babies named Laquitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Laquitha was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Laquitha in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laquitha
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Laquitha between 1975 and 1989, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laquitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laquitha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Laquitha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laquitha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laquitha 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 68 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.
Laquitha at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laquitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1975
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
68 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 8 births in a single year.
Laquitha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 40 births that decade — 59% of Laquitha's all-time total
Laquitha decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laquitha's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Laquitha by state
Where Laquitha concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 8.8% |
6 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.8% 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, 1975–1989 (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.