Boys' name · since 1993
Requan
Requan has 74 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
74 boys have been named Requan since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Requan has 74 recorded births among boys since 1993, 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 1993 to 2015.
- #19,481 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 74 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Requan ranks #19,481 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,481 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 74
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Requan's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Requan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Requan's full recorded timeline at 1998, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Requan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2015
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Requan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 76% of the file).
1990s was Requan's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Requan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Requan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Requan
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Requan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1993–2015 (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 Requan 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.