Dequan
Recorded 1975–2025 · United States
Dequan was most popular in 1994, when 377 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,110 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,855 people named Dequan.
Dequan over time
How old is the name Dequan?
Dequan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1975, which makes it about 50 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 51 years since.
How many people are named Dequan?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,855 American births named Dequan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,745 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Dequan in 2025?
11 American babies were named Dequan in 2025, ranking #15,103 that year.
Is Dequan getting more or less popular?
Dequan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 44 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -54% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Dequan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Dequan is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 3,855 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Dequan?
Roughly 3,745 Americans named Dequan are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 23 and 33. That is a narrow band: Dequan arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Dequan is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org