Laquita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-KEE-tuh
- Origin
- Modern
Laquita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Laquita come from?
Modern: La- prefix plus Quita
More on Wiktionary.
Is Laquita a girl's or a boy's name?
Laquita is a girls' name.
How popular is Laquita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 248 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Laquita in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Laquita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1992 | 144 | #1,205 |
| 1991 | 227 | #872 |
| 1990 | 237 | #826 |
| 1989 | 209 | #877 |
| 1988 | 196 | #892 |
| 1987 | 205 | #845 |
| 1986 | 217 | #780 |
| 1985 | 219 | #772 |
| 1984 | 222 | #737 |
| 1983 | 248 | #683 |
| 1982 | 203 | #794 |
| 1981 | 197 | #809 |
| 1980 | 225 | #739 |
| 1979 | 197 | #800 |
| 1978 | 214 | #731 |
| 1977 | 188 | #796 |
| 1976 | 151 | #880 |
| 1975 | 180 | #783 |
| 1974 | 132 | #938 |
| 1973 | 123 | #963 |
| 1972 | 108 | #1,065 |
| 1971 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,653 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,405 |
| 1963 | 56 | #1,489 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,510 |
| 1961 | 69 | #1,342 |
| 1960 | 59 | #1,429 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,465 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1957 | 62 | #1,343 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,452 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,464 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,401 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,554 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,652 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,707 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 35 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | 39 | #1,170 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,245 |
| 1935 | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1933 | 53 | #937 |
| 1932 | 68 | #830 |
| 1931 | 60 | #887 |
| 1930 | 68 | #867 |
Names like Laquita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela, Maria, Rebecca, Melissa, Priscilla, Amanda, Teresa, Monica, Laura, Diana, Lisa, Christina
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Laquita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laquita, updated 20 October 2026.