Is Dequan a boy or girl name?

Dequan is a boy’s name. Of the 3,855 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.1% were girls and 99.9% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Dequan’s peak in 1994. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Dequan

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