Boys' name · since 1994
Dekwan
Dekwan has 34 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
34 boys have been named Dekwan since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dekwan has 34 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2004.
- #24,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 34 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dekwan ranks #24,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dekwan's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dekwan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dekwan's full recorded timeline at 2001, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dekwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2004
- Peak year (2004)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Dekwan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Dekwan's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dekwan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (53% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dekwan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1994–2004 (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 Dekwan 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.