Boys' name · since 1994
Shaqwan
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Shaqwan, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,647 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaqwan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 24 recorded since 1994.
Shaqwan has 24 recorded births among boys since 1994, 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 1994 to 1998.
- #27,647 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaqwan ranks #27,647 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,647 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shaqwan's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaqwan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shaqwan's full recorded timeline at 1996, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shaqwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1998
- Peak year (1996)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Shaqwan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (24 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Shaqwan's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shaqwan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 24 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shaqwan: 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 (~4 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, 1994–1998 (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 Shaqwan 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.