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

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Peak · boys
1994 · 244 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,127
since 1978

Shaquan over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #2,255, 1994peak #663, 1994girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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—#6,80312
2024—#12,3495
2023—#6,89712
2022—#4,44223
2021—#6,03214
2020—#8,0679
2019—#6,40613
2018—#6,03614
2017—#6,33813
2016—#7,15711
2015—#5,50716
2014—#5,73315
2013—#4,98118
2012—#6,00114
2011—#4,65920
2010—#5,04718
2009—#5,80015
2008—#3,92126
2007—#3,51130
2006—#4,00124
2005—#4,19821
2004—#3,07432
2003—#2,42843
2002—#2,33744
2001#12,0567#1,81661
2000#8,53411#1,42986
1999#8,22311#1,43681
1998#9,2609#1,105116
1997#5,22819#941143
1996#3,83128#949136
1995#3,02238#813173
1994#2,25558#663244
1993#2,48950#905141
1992#2,77743#1,084103
1991#4,05925#1,21683
1990#3,52330#1,33669
1989#5,54515#2,02735
1988#5,06516#1,73140
1987#6,33511#2,11528
1986#4,53917#2,77918
1985#4,28218#2,29323
1984#4,96614#2,61318
1983#5,45712#2,34121
1982#6,37110#4,5938
1981#4,74615#3,22113
1980#5,54412#4,9407
1979#4,62615#5,3556
1978#3,77719#3,21512
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1976#5,60110—
1975#7,9846—
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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.

Where Shaquan is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #397 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,598 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Shaquan, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#397 · 1 in 4,598

Best ever in a state: #234 in District of Columbia, 1997.

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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 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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#3,215 (1978)#4,285
1980s211#1,731 (1988)#2,865
1990s1,289#663 (1994)#1,045
2000s382#1,429 (2000)#3,252
2010s152#4,659 (2011)#5,787
2020s75#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.

Shaquan in 1978

girls
#3,777
19 births · 1 in 80,624 girls
boys
#3,215
12 births · 1 in 136,820 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #3,777Shaquan19

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #3,215Shaquan12
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 80,624 of them was named Shaquan, which outranked 67.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shaquan
  1. #3,637Tywanna20
  2. #3,637Venice20
  3. #3,637Zaida20
  4. #3,777Shaquan19
  5. #3,777Aleida19
  6. #3,777Aline19
  7. #3,777Amisha19
  8. #3,924Abigale18
  9. #3,924Alicea18
  10. #3,924Allyn18

Tied with 146 names at #3,777; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 136,820 of them was named Shaquan, which outranked 52.5% 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).

Ranked beside Shaquan
  1. #3,070Yohance13
  2. #3,070Yonatan13
  3. #3,070Zenas13
  4. #3,215Shaquan12
  5. #3,215Acie12
  6. #3,215Adin12
  7. #3,215Alek12
  8. #3,400Adrienne11
  9. #3,400Aleksandar11
  10. #3,400Alexei11

Tied with 184 names at #3,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →