Nayquan — boys' name
76 babies named Nayquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Nayquan was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Nayquan in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nayquan
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Nayquan between 1989 and 2006, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nayquan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayquan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nayquan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Nayquan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nayquan 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 76 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.
Nayquan at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nayquan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1989
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
76 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 11 births in a single year.
Nayquan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 43 births that decade — 57% of Nayquan's all-time total
Nayquan decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nayquan's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Nayquan by state
Where Nayquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 16 | 21.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 6.6% |
16 of 76 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 21.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 21.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1989–2006 (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.