Shaquan
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #12,056 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 79.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 244 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,127since 1978
Shaquan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,897 | 12 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,507 | 16 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,511 | 30 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,198 | 21 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,428 | 43 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,337 | 44 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #1,429 | 86 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #1,436 | 81 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | #941 | 143 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 | #949 | 136 |
| 1995 | #3,022 | 38 | #813 | 173 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 | #663 | 244 |
| 1993 | #2,489 | 50 | #905 | 141 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 | #1,084 | 103 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #1,216 | 83 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #2,027 | 35 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #3,215 | 12 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Shaquan! It came in at #3,215, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2024, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shaquan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 5,546 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #6,803)
- 1,264 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,803)
- 1,296 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1994 (#905 → #663)
- Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1998 (#941 → #1,105)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1994 at #663 (244 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1993–1997
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,918
- Highest: 1 in 7,918 boys born in 1994 were named Shaquan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 60.6% of all boys named Shaquan (1,289) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1983
- Mostly girls until 1982, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #3,215 (1978) | #4,285 |
| 1980s | 211 | #1,731 (1988) | #2,865 |
| 1990s | 1,289 | #663 (1994) | #1,045 |
| 2000s | 382 | #1,429 (2000) | #3,252 |
| 2010s | 152 | #4,659 (2011) | #5,787 |
| 2020s | 75 | #4,442 (2022) | #7,432 |
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.
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