girls:
217 births since 1970
#5499 (4th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1972
#2551 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1970
#5204 (33rd percentile)
The name Laquan is the #5,204 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,670 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 32.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,551 (44.3% percentile) for all time with 2,453 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,499 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 217 births since 1970.
Laquan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Laquan is available in 53 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 25 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Laquan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.9% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for girls (58.8% girls from 1970 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.2% boys from 1973 to 2023).
For boys, Laquan reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 25.4% percentile (ranked #567) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 95 births per million (ranked 25.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Laquan ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 8.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Laquan reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #756) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Laquan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Laquan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Laquan is pronounced as luhk-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luhk-WAWN, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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