Recorded 1981–2014 Boys' name Peak 1991 164 births

Equan — boys' name

164 babies named Equan in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s331990s822000s442010s5
1990s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Equan was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

11 babies were named Equan in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Equan

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Equan between 1981 and 2014, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Equan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Equan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Equan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Equan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Equan 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 164 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.

Equan at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

164

Since 1981

34 years of records

Peak year

1991

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1981

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2014

Equan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1981

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1991)
11
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
4681012 201420072003199919961992198919851981 5

Equan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
82 births that decade — 50% of Equan's all-time total
1980s331990s822000s442010s5

Equan by state

Where Equan concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Equan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 3.0%
New York share of Equan's total US births 3.0%

5 of 164 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Equan?
164 babies have been named Equan since 1981. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1991 with 11 births.
When was Equan most popular?
Equan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 82 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Equan most popular?
The top states for the name Equan are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Equan been used?
Equan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 34 years of data through 2014.

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, 1981–2014 (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.