Boys' name · since 1996
Raqwan
Raqwan has 13 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,285 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raqwan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 13 recorded since 1996.
Raqwan has 13 recorded births among boys since 1996, 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 1996 to 1997.
- #32,285 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raqwan ranks #32,285 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,285 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raqwan's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raqwan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raqwan splits its recorded history at 1997: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raqwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1997
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Raqwan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Raqwan's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Raqwan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raqwan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–1997 (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 Raqwan 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.