Boys' name · since 1997
Zequan
Zequan has 26 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zequan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zequan has been recorded 26 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2009.
- #27,124 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zequan ranks #27,124 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,124 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zequan's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zequan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zequan splits its recorded history at 2007: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zequan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2009
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Zequan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 65% of the file).
2000s was Zequan's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Zequan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zequan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1997–2009 (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 Zequan 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.