Deqwan — boys' name
48 babies named Deqwan in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 boys have been named Deqwan since 1992, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2003.
- 48
- total births
- 1992–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Deqwan was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Deqwan in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deqwan
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Deqwan between 1992 and 2003, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deqwan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deqwan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Deqwan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deqwan 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 48 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.
Deqwan at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deqwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1992
- Peak year (1993)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
48 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 8 births in a single year.
Deqwan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 73% of Deqwan's all-time total
Deqwan decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Deqwan's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1992–2003 (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.