Recorded 1990–2019 Boys' name Peak 1997 296 births

Jahquan — boys' name

296 babies named Jahquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1222000s1262010s48
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Jahquan was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

22 babies were named Jahquan in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jahquan

The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Jahquan between 1990 and 2019, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jahquan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jahquan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jahquan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jahquan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jahquan 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 296 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.

Jahquan at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

296

Since 1990

30 years of records

Peak year

1997

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1990

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jahquan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1990

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1997)
22
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
0510152025 20192012200820042000199619921990 5

Jahquan by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
126 births that decade — 43% of Jahquan's all-time total
1990s1222000s1262010s48

Jahquan by state

Where Jahquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jahquan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
48 16.2%
New York share of Jahquan's total US births 16.2%

48 of 296 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jahquan?
296 babies have been named Jahquan since 1990. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1997 with 22 births.
When was Jahquan most popular?
Jahquan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 126 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Jahquan most popular?
The top states for the name Jahquan are New York (48 births).
How long has the name Jahquan been used?
Jahquan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 30 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jahquan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jaheim, Jahmir, Jahir, Jahlil, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1990–2019 (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.