Girls' name · since 1931
Lequita
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.
- #11,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 552
- born since 1931
- 1980s
- peak decade
552 girls have been named Lequita since 1931, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Lequita recorded 552 times among girls since 1931, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1993.
- #11,136 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 552 born since 1931
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lequita ranks #11,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 552 born since 1931, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 552
- born since 1931
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lequita's 552 recorded births place it above 84.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lequita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lequita splits its recorded history at 1966: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1933 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lequita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1993
- Peak year (1986)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Lequita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (159 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Lequita's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Lequita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 43
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 40
1940s
40 births
- 1950s 61
1950s
61 births
- 1960s
1960s
71 births
- 1970s
1970s
143 births
- 1980s
1980s
159 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 159 births (29% of all-time use).
How Lequita compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lequita's total volume
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What to do with Lequita's data
- Lequita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (159 total births); usage has since declined to 35 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lequita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1931–1993 (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 Lequita 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.