Boys' name · since 1975
Dequan
Dequan has 3,850 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,326 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,850
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
3,850 babies have been named Dequan since 1975, making it today's #7326 boys' name.
Dequan has 3,850 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7326 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #2,157 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,326 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,850 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dequan ranks #2,157 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,326 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,850 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,157 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,326 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,850
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dequan's 3,850 recorded births place it above 95.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.
How Dequan compares
3,850 Top 15% higher than 85% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dequan's all-time total is 10x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dequan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,850 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 377 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dequan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dequan's full recorded timeline at 2000, 35% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 65% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 377 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dequan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 377
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dequan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Dequan as girls' name)
Dequan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,050 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Dequan's strongest decade.
2,050 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dequan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 135
1970s
135 births
- 1980s 318
1980s
318 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,050 births
- 2000s 817
2000s
817 births
- 2010s 396
2010s
396 births
- 2020s 134
2020s
134 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,050 births (53% of all-time use).
How Dequan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dequan's total volume
Dequan by state
Where Dequan concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 309 | 8.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 275 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 269 | 7.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 207 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 193 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 168 | 4.4% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 152 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 149 | 3.9% |
309 of 3,850 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Dequan appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dequan's data
- Dequan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,050 total births); usage has since declined to 134 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Dequans (309 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dequan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Dequan 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.