Total births
74
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.
- 74
- total births
- 1993–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that 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.
- 74 total births
- 1993–2015 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
74 boys have been named Requan since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 74
- total births
- 1993–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade
76% of everyone ever named Requan was born in this single decade.
1996
Single peak year
17 babies were named Requan in 1996 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
1996
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1993
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Requan? ▼
74 babies have been named Requan since 1993. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1996 with 17 births.
When was Requan most popular? ▼
Requan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Requan been used? ▼
Requan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 23 years of data through 2015.
What to do with Requan's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Requan: Baby Name Since 1993 - 74 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/requan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.