Shayquan — boys' name
53 babies named Shayquan in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
53 boys have been named Shayquan since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 53
- total births
- 1991–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
87% of everyone ever named Shayquan was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shayquan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shayquan
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Shayquan between 1991 and 2000, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shayquan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shayquan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shayquan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shayquan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shayquan 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 53 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.
Shayquan at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shayquan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1991
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
53 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 10 births in a single year.
Shayquan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 46 births that decade — 87% of Shayquan's all-time total
Shayquan decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shayquan's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% of all-time use.
Shayquan by state
Where Shayquan concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 20.8% |
11 of 53 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 20.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 20.8% 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, 1991–2000 (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.