Dequan
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 377 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,850since 1975
Dequan over time
Rank among boys' names. Dequan has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,774 | 29 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,494 | 22 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,885 | 41 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,600 | 47 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,265 | 33 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,869 | 41 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,376 | 53 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,072 | 37 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,451 | 52 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,164 | 62 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,889 | 67 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,834 | 67 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,451 | 90 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,332 | 99 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,110 | 128 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,009 | 145 | |
| 1999 | — | #786 | 195 | |
| 1998 | — | #770 | 205 | |
| 1997 | — | #799 | 183 | |
| 1996 | — | #682 | 239 | |
| 1995 | — | #665 | 248 | |
| 1994 | — | #521 | 377 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #663 | 241 |
| 1992 | — | #873 | 146 | |
| 1991 | — | #995 | 116 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,058 | 100 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,294 | 71 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,618 | 44 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,007 | 29 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,019 | 28 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,110 | 25 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #927 | 87 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Dequan! It came in at #3,941, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Dequan is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#336 · 1 in 4,283
- New York#539 · 1 in 6,891
- Georgia#554 · 1 in 6,293
- Florida#593 · 1 in 7,287
- Illinois#616 · 1 in 8,821
Best ever in a state: #147 in District of Columbia, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #336 | 15 | 1 in 4,283 |
| New York | #539 | 16 | 1 in 6,891 |
| Georgia | #554 | 6 | 1 in 6,293 |
| Florida | #593 | 7 | 1 in 7,287 |
| Illinois | #616 | 9 | 1 in 8,821 |
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See more about Dequan
- 1,290 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #7,194)
- 3,920 spots since 2020 (#3,274 → #7,194)
- 4,594 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 3,237 spots in 1978 (#4,164 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 1,230 spots in 1979 (#927 → #2,157)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1994 at #521 (377 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1991–1999
- Highest: 1 in 5,125 boys born in 1994 were named Dequan (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 53.2% of all boys named Dequan (2,050) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 135 | #927 (1978) | #2,983 |
| 1980s | 318 | #1,294 (1989) | #2,046 |
| 1990s | 2,050 | #521 (1994) | #781 |
| 2000s | 817 | #1,009 (2000) | #1,796 |
| 2010s | 396 | #2,376 (2011) | #3,037 |
| 2020s | 134 | #3,274 (2020) | #4,849 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dequan in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 18,872 of them was named Dequan, which outranked 86.3% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #920German88
- #920Mitchel88
- #920Wilfred88
- #927Dequan87
- #927Cordell87
- #927Elisha87
- #927Erwin87
- #932Brandt86
- #932Christoper86
- #932Darron86
Tied with 4 names at #927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.