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.
50% of everyone ever named Equan was born in this single decade.
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 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Equan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1981
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
164 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Equan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 50% of Equan's all-time total
Equan decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Equan's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Equan by state
Where Equan concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 164 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.0% 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, 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.