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

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Peak · boys
#521
1994 · 377 births
Debut · boys
1975
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,850
since 1975

Dequan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dequan has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #521, 1994boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,19411
2024—#5,90415
2023—#4,45623
2022—#3,77429
2021—#4,49422
2020—#3,27434
2019—#2,94341
2018—#3,10637
2017—#4,59421
2016—#2,88541
2015—#2,60047
2014—#2,66145
2013—#3,26533
2012—#2,86941
2011—#2,37653
2010—#3,07237
2009—#2,45152
2008—#2,46751
2007—#2,16462
2006—#2,24856
2005—#1,88967
2004—#1,83467
2003—#1,45190
2002—#1,33299
2001—#1,110128
2000—#1,009145
1999—#786195
1998—#770205
1997—#799183
1996—#682239
1995—#665248
1994—#521377
1993#13,4425#663241
1992—#873146
1991—#995116
1990—#1,058100
1989—#1,29471
1988—#1,61844
1987—#1,68440
1986—#2,00729
1985—#2,01928
1984—#2,70617
1983—#2,08525
1982—#2,59618
1981—#2,33821
1980—#2,11025
1979—#2,15723
1978—#92787
1977—#4,1648
1976—#3,7249
1975—#3,9418
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First appearance
1975

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 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedWIMichigan: #529 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,379 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dequan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#529 · 1 in 8,379

Best ever in a state: #147 in District of Columbia, 1999.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dequan
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1994 at #521 (377 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1991–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,125
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 53.2% of all boys named Dequan (2,050) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s135#927 (1978)#2,983
1980s318#1,294 (1989)#2,046
1990s2,050#521 (1994)#781
2000s817#1,009 (2000)#1,796
2010s396#2,376 (2011)#3,037
2020s134#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 1979

boys
#2,157
23 births · 1 in 74,849 boys

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #2,157Dequan23
More about 1979

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 74,849 of them was named Dequan, which outranked 69.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dequan
  1. #2,104Wilburn24
  2. #2,104Zakee24
  3. #2,104Zev24
  4. #2,157Dequan23
  5. #2,157Anastacio23
  6. #2,157Antoni23
  7. #2,157Arash23
  8. #2,236Alexandre22
  9. #2,236Alma22
  10. #2,236Antoinne22

Tied with 78 names at #2,157; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979 →