Lequita — girls' name
552 babies named Lequita in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Lequita was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Lequita in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lequita
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Lequita between 1931 and 1993, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lequita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lequita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lequita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lequita 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 552 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.
Lequita at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lequita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1931
- Peak year (1986)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
552 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 25 births in a single year.
Lequita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 159 births that decade — 29% of Lequita's all-time total
Lequita decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Lequita's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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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, 1931–1993 (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.