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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
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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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#530 · 1 in 4,113
- North Carolina#569 · 1 in 4,922
- New Jersey#597 · 1 in 5,929
- New York#688 · 1 in 7,108
- Pennsylvania#725 · 1 in 9,436
Best ever in a state: #234 in District of Columbia, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #530 | 5 | 1 in 4,113 |
| North Carolina | #569 | 10 | 1 in 4,922 |
| New Jersey | #597 | 8 | 1 in 5,929 |
| New York | #688 | 16 | 1 in 7,108 |
| Pennsylvania | #725 | 7 | 1 in 9,436 |
| Virginia | #735 | 5 | 1 in 7,969 |
| Georgia | #808 | 7 | 1 in 7,686 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1994 at #663 (244 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1993–1997
- 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%)
- 60.6% of all boys named Shaquan (1,289) were born in this decade
- 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.
Shaquan in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 161,257 of them was named Shaquan, which outranked 51.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,716Zurisadai12
- #7,716Zyanna12
- #7,716Zyanya12
- #8,223Shaquan11
- #8,223Aakilah11
- #8,223Aamna11
- #8,223Aariana11
- #8,805Abbigal10
- #8,805Abigayl10
- #8,805Abreanna10
Tied with 581 names at #8,223; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 23,706 of them was named Shaquan, which outranked 87.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,421Vladimir82
- #1,421Wallace82
- #1,421Yitzchok82
- #1,436Shaquan81
- #1,436Aleksander81
- #1,436Aman81
- #1,436Ammon81
- #1,449Dilan80
- #1,449Forest80
- #1,449Jayquan80
Tied with 12 names at #1,436; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.