Boys' name · since 1977
Saquan
Saquan has 773 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 773
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saquan currently ranks #6556 among boys' names in America, with 773 babies recorded since 1977.
Saquan has 773 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6556 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, 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 1977 to 2025.
- #6,032 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,556 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 773 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saquan ranks #6,032 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,556 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 773 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,032 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 773
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saquan's 773 recorded births place it above 86.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Saquan compares
773 Top 36% higher than 64% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saquan's all-time total is 109% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saquan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 773 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 34 | 22,252 |
Saquan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saquan splits its recorded history at 2001: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 48 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saquan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Saquan popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 1995 (Saquan as girls' name)
Saquan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (354 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Saquan's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Saquan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 99
1980s
99 births
- 1990s
1990s
354 births
- 2000s
2000s
187 births
- 2010s 86
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 354 births (46% of all-time use).
How Saquan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Saquan's total volume
Saquan by state
Where Saquan concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 223 | 28.8% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 44 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #4 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 0.6% |
223 of 773 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Saquan's data
- Saquan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (354 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Saquans (223 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saquan: 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 (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Saquan 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.