Laquan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- luh-KWAHN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Laquan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Laquan mean?
Modern: La- prefix + the -quan ending
Formed from the La- prefix and the -quan ending, also seen in names such as Daquan and Jaquan.
Is Laquan a girl's or a boy's name?
Laquan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laquan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4 boys.
Laquan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Laquan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Laquan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 202 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Laquan than any year since 1972.
Half of all the boys named Laquan in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 28% of the babies named Laquan in the US in 1976, and 11% in 2001.
Laquan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 86 | #1,276 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,216 |
| 1994 | 106 | #1,085 |
| 1993 | 141 | #903 |
| 1992 | 128 | #947 |
| 1991 | 202 | #708 |
| 1990 | 153 | #820 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,253 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 29 | #1,794 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Laquan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dylan, Hassan, Ryan, Logan, Liam, Yusuf, Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Syed, Nathan, Usman
Names related to Laquan
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laquan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laquan, updated 20 October 2026.