Laquincy
A name possibly derived from a French surname meaning "of Quincy".
Name Census estimates that about 124 living Americans carry the first name Laquincy. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Laquincy today is around 40 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Laquincy births was 1981 (10 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Laquincy. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
124
~ 1 in 2,764,148 Americans
Peak year
1981
10 babies that year
Average age
40
years old
2011 SSA rank
#13,515
Tracked since 1973
Census
Laquincy in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 131 people with the first name Laquincy, which placed it at #48,547 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#48,547
National first-name rank
People counted
131
131 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
96.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Laquincy
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Laquincy is Black at 96.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.5%) and Two or More Races (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Laquincy described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Laquincy at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American96.2% · 126
- Hispanic or Latino1.5% · 2
- Two or more races1.5% · 2
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 1
Popularity
Laquincy: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Laquincy from the 1970s through to the 2010s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1980s, with 60 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1980s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Laquincy by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Laquincy during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Laquincy
The given name Laquincy is a modern invention that appears to be an Americanized variant of the French name Quincy. The name Quincy itself derives from the Latin name Quintius, which was a Roman family name meaning "the fifth" or "fifth-born child". It originated as a way to indicate birth order, much like names like Tertius (third) or Sextus (sixth).
While the name Quintius has ancient Roman roots, the variant Quincy did not emerge until the Middle Ages in France. One of the earliest recorded uses was for the Benedictine monk Quincy, who lived in the 11th century and wrote the Life of St. Radegund. In the 12th century, there was also a bishop named Quincy who oversaw the diocese of Beauvais in northern France.
The first notable person in history with the name Laquincy was Laquincy Green, an African-American jazz trumpeter born in 1923 in Memphis, Tennessee. He performed with many big bands and orchestras in the 1940s and 1950s, including those led by Dizzy Gillespie and Cab Calloway.
Another historically significant bearer of the name was Laquincy Carter, a civil rights activist born in 1942 in Mississippi. He participated in the Freedom Rides of 1961 and other key events of the Civil Rights Movement, working closely with leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis.
In the world of sports, there was Laquincy Jefferson, an American football player born in 1968 who played wide receiver in the NFL for teams like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks in the 1990s. He was a two-time All-American at the University of Ohio.
The name also has connections to literature through Laquincy Morgan, an African-American poet and writer born in 1949 in Chicago. His works explored themes of urban life, racism, and social justice, with his most famous collection being "Concrete Visions" published in 1985.
Finally, one cannot discuss the name Laquincy without mentioning Laquincy Jackson, a pioneering African-American entrepreneur born in 1920 in Alabama. He founded one of the first black-owned radio stations in the United States, WBCO in Bucyrus, Ohio, which went on the air in 1953 and served as an important voice for the local black community.
People
Laquincy + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Laquincy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with L
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Laquincy: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Laquincy?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 124 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Laquincy going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 2,764,148 US residents.
Is Laquincy a common name?
We classify Laquincy as "Very Rare". It ranks above 67.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 130 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Laquincy most popular?
The single biggest year for Laquincy was 1981, when 10 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Laquincy is about 40 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Laquincy in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 131 people with the name Laquincy, or 0.04 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #48,547 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Laquincy in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Laquincy?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Laquincy leans strongly male. 127 people counted with this name were male (91.4%), compared with 12 female bearers (8.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Laquincy?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Laquincy is Black at 96.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (1.5%) and Two or More Races (1.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Laquincy most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Laquincy in the 2020 Census, accounting for 96.2% (126 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Laquincy in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Laquincy a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Laquincy in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Laquincy still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Laquincy in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Laquincy can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Laquincy?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.