Saquan — #11205 US boys' name
760 babies named Saquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Saquan was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Saquan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saquan
The Social Security Administration has registered 760 babies named Saquan between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saquan currently holds the #11205 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saquan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 354 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saquan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 223 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Saquan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saquan 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 760 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.
Saquan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saquan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (1996)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #11205 among boys.
760 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 48 births in a single year.
Saquan popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1995 (Saquan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Saquan accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saquan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 354 births that decade — 47% of Saquan's all-time total
Saquan decade highlights
- Peak decade 354 births
- Runner-up 187 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Saquan's strongest decade
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Saquan by state
Where Saquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 223 | 29.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 44 | 5.8% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 0.7% |
223 of 760 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 29.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.8% of nationwide
- Maryland 1.3% of nationwide
- District of Columbia 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 29.3% 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, 1977–2024 (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.