Boys' name · since 1974
Fuquan
Fuquan has 224 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fuquan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 224 recorded since 1974.
Fuquan has 224 recorded births among boys since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2004.
- #12,286 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 224 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Fuquan ranks #12,286 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 224 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,286 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 224
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Fuquan's 224 recorded births place it above 72.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Fuquan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Fuquan's full recorded timeline at 1988, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Fuquan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2004
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Fuquan by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (93 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Fuquan's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Fuquan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 93 births (42% of all-time use).
Fuquan by state
Where Fuquan concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 125 | 55.8% |
125 of 224 births nationwide.
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What to do with Fuquan's data
- Fuquan's decade-level peak was the 1980s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Fuquans (125 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Fuquan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Fuquan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.