Dequon — boys' name
172 babies named Dequon in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Dequon was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Dequon in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dequon
The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Dequon between 1987 and 2005, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dequon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dequon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dequon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dequon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dequon 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 172 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.
Dequon at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dequon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1987
- Peak year (1994)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
172 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 21 births in a single year.
Dequon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 129 births that decade — 75% of Dequon's all-time total
Dequon decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dequon's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Dequon by state
Where Dequon concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 172 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 2.9% 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, 1987–2005 (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.