Daquan — #3296 US boys' name
7,933 babies named Daquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
54% of everyone ever named Daquan was born in this single decade.
626 babies were named Daquan in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daquan
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,933 babies named Daquan between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daquan currently holds the #3296 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 626 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daquan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Daquan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,383 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Daquan in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daquan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,933 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Daquan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Daquan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (1994)
- 626
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #3296 among boys.
7,933 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 626 births in a single year.
Daquan popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1994 (Daquan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Daquan accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daquan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 4,269 births that decade — 54% of Daquan's all-time total
Daquan decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,269 births
- Runner-up 2,195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Daquan's strongest decade
4,269 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Daquan by state
Where Daquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,383 | 17.4% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 703 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 506 | 6.4% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 501 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 446 | 5.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 406 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 349 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 315 | 4.0% |
1,383 of 7,933 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 8.9% of nationwide
- Virginia 6.4% of nationwide
- South Carolina 6.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daquan appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.