Recorded 1974–2015 Boys' name Peak 1991 391 births

Lequan — boys' name

391 babies named Lequan in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s311980s931990s1532000s862010s28
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Lequan was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

25 babies were named Lequan in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lequan

The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Lequan between 1974 and 2015, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lequan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lequan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lequan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lequan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lequan 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 391 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.

Lequan at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

391

Since 1974

42 years of records

Peak year

1991

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1974

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2015

Lequan popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1974

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1991)
25
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
051015202530 201520092003199719921987198219771974 5

Lequan popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 1976 (Lequan as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 1976 5

Lequan by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
153 births that decade — 39% of Lequan's all-time total
1970s311980s931990s1532000s862010s28

Lequan by state

Where Lequan concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Lequan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
22 5.6%
New York share of Lequan's total US births 5.6%

22 of 391 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lequan?
391 babies have been named Lequan since 1974. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1991 with 25 births.
When was Lequan most popular?
Lequan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 153 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Lequan most popular?
The top states for the name Lequan are New York (22 births).
How long has the name Lequan been used?
Lequan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 42 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Lequan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lequentin, Lequient, Lequinton, Lequon. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1974–2015 (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.