Boys' name · since 1978
Deguan
Deguan has 12 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
12 boys have been named Deguan since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Deguan has 12 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1989.
- #32,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deguan ranks #32,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #32,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Deguan's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deguan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Deguan splits its recorded history at 1989: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Deguan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Deguan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Deguan's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Deguan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deguan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1978–1989 (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 Deguan 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.