Boys' name · since 1992
Dequavious
122 babies named Dequavious in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dequavious sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 122 recorded since 1992.
Dequavious has 122 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1992 to 2013.
- #16,105 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dequavious ranks #16,105 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dequavious's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Dequavious's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dequavious's full recorded timeline at 2000, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dequavious popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2013
- Peak year (2000)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2013.
122 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 15 births in a single year.
Dequavious by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Dequavious's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Dequavious births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (52% of all-time use).
Dequavious decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Dequavious by state
Where Dequavious concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 57 | 46.7% |
57 of 122 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 46.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 46.7% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Dequavious's data
- Dequavious's decade-level peak was the 1990s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Dequaviouss (57 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dequavious: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1992–2013 (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 Dequavious 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.
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