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Dequan

#7,300 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Dequan has been given to 3,855 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #7,300 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 377 recorded.

Babies named Dequan, 2025

1 in 301,000

Dequan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dequan: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dequan means

Dequan is a given name.

The naming story behind Dequan

Wikidata records Dequan as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q125416058, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,850 boys were recorded with the name Dequan between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 377 in 1994; its best national rank was #521 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,286 in 2020 to #7,300 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,612 in 2015 to #7,300 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Dequan between 1993 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1993; its best national rank was #14,057 in 1993.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Dequan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,300
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dequan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dequan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dequans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dequan was born before 1997 — so the typical Dequan is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
53.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
31.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,850
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 53.2% of all recorded uses (2,050).

Is Dequan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,324
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,014
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,688
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.23×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.9%
Peak was 1994 (377)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#521
1994

Spellings of Dequan

Dequan is not the most common spelling — Dean is, with 57.6% against Dequan's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dequan is used

Across 1910–2025, Dequan was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 57,875 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 14,286
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 16,667
  3. 3Michigan1 in 20,000
  4. 4Virginia1 in 20,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 25,000
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 25,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 33,333
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dequan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dequan around the world

Where Dequan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2005
    #3,849
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Dequan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,300
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,014
Best rank ever
#521
1994
Peak year
1994
377 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,850
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#14,057
1993
Peak year
1993
5 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
1993
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dequan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

TyquanDajuanDejuanLaquanJajuanDaquanKejuanTyjuanAntuanJaquanRaquanTaquanShaquanMarquanJayquanSaquanDjuanJawuanRayquanZaquanTrequanNaquanDaequanDaiquan

Names with a curve like Dequan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dequan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LadariusDillionTaylerDakotahNajeeDevontaShaquanTylorDeanteDavonteDejonDeonte

Sibling names for Dequan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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