Recorded 1974–2004 Boys' name Peak 1979 224 births

Fuquan — boys' name

224 babies named Fuquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s441980s931990s712000s16
1980s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Fuquan was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

16 babies were named Fuquan in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Fuquan

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Fuquan between 1974 and 2004, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fuquan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fuquan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fuquan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 125 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fuquan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fuquan 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 224 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.

Fuquan at a glance

Last recorded 2004

Total births

224

Since 1974

31 years of records

Peak year

1979

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1974

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2004

Fuquan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1974

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1979)
16
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
05101520 200419971994199019871984198119781974 8

Fuquan by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
93 births that decade — 42% of Fuquan's all-time total
1970s441980s931990s712000s16

Fuquan by state

Where Fuquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Fuquan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
125 55.8%
New Jersey share of Fuquan's total US births 55.8%

125 of 224 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Fuquan?
224 babies have been named Fuquan since 1974. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1979 with 16 births.
When was Fuquan most popular?
Fuquan was most popular in the 1980s decade with 93 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Fuquan most popular?
The top states for the name Fuquan are New Jersey (125 births).
How long has the name Fuquan been used?
Fuquan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 31 years of data through 2004.

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, 1974–2004 (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.