Boys' name · since 1975
Jaquan
Jaquan has 10,605 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,168 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,292 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,605
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaquan currently ranks #2292 among boys' names in America, with 10,605 babies recorded since 1975.
Jaquan has 10,605 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2292 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #1,168 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,292 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10,605 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaquan ranks #1,168 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,292 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10,605 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,168 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,292 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,605
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaquan's 10,605 recorded births place it above 97.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jaquan compares
10,605 Top 9% higher than 91% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaquan's all-time total is 29x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaquan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,605 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 567 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaquan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jaquan's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 567, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jaquan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 567
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Jaquan popularity over time - girls
58 total births recorded since 1987 (Jaquan as girls' name)
Jaquan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,322 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Jaquan's strongest decade.
4,322 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Jaquan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 43
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 556
1980s
556 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,322 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,901 births
- 2010s 1,321
2010s
1,321 births
- 2020s 462
2020s
462 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,322 births (41% of all-time use).
How Jaquan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jaquan's total volume
Jaquan by state
Where Jaquan concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,203 | 11.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 982 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 864 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 711 | 6.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 645 | 6.1% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 600 | 5.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 470 | 4.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 458 | 4.3% |
1,203 of 10,605 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Jaquan appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaquan's data
- Jaquan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,322 total births); usage has since declined to 462 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jaquans (1,203 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaquan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Jaquan 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.