Shaquon — boys' name
124 babies named Shaquon in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
124 boys have been named Shaquon since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 124
- total births
- 1988–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
87% of everyone ever named Shaquon was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Shaquon in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaquon
The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Shaquon between 1988 and 2000, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaquon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Shaquon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaquon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaquon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shaquon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaquon 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 124 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.
Shaquon at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaquon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1988
- Peak year (1994)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
124 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 23 births in a single year.
Shaquon popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1994 (Shaquon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Shaquon accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shaquon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 108 births that decade — 87% of Shaquon's all-time total
Shaquon decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shaquon's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% of all-time use.
Shaquon by state
Where Shaquon concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.0% |
5 of 124 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1988–2000 (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.