Raqwan — boys' name
13 babies named Raqwan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Raqwan was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Raqwan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raqwan
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Raqwan between 1996 and 1997, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raqwan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raqwan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raqwan 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 13 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.
Raqwan at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raqwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
13 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 7 births in a single year.
Raqwan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 13 births that decade — 100% of Raqwan's all-time total
Raqwan decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raqwan's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 1996–1997 (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.