Dequante — boys' name
126 babies named Dequante in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
92% of everyone ever named Dequante was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Dequante in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dequante
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Dequante between 1992 and 2000, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dequante currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dequante performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dequante shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dequante in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dequante 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 126 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.
Dequante at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dequante popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1992
- Peak year (1994)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
126 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 24 births in a single year.
Dequante by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 116 births that decade — 92% of Dequante's all-time total
Dequante decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dequante's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 92% of all-time use.
Dequante by state
Where Dequante concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1992–2000 (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.