Boys' name · since 1979
Anquan
Anquan has 245 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 245
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anquan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 245 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anquan has been recorded 245 times among boys since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2020.
- #11,785 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 245 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anquan ranks #11,785 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,785 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 245
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anquan's 245 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anquan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anquan's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anquan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2020
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Anquan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (92 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Anquan's strongest decade.
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Anquan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 92 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Anquan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (92 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Anquan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1979–2020 (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 Anquan 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.