Boys' name · since 1974
Lequan
Lequan has 391 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 391
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
391 boys have been named Lequan since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lequan has 391 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 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2015.
- #9,149 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 391 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lequan ranks #9,149 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 391 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 391
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lequan's 391 recorded births place it above 79.86% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Lequan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lequan's full recorded timeline at 1994, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lequan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (1991)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Lequan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1976 (Lequan as girls' name)
Lequan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (153 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Lequan's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lequan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 31
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
93 births
- 1990s
1990s
153 births
- 2000s
2000s
86 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 153 births (39% of all-time use).
Lequan by state
Where Lequan concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 5.6% |
22 of 391 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lequan's data
- Lequan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lequans (22 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 Lequan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1974–2015 (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 Lequan 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.