Daquan
Masculine
Daquan is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 7,970 boys against 6 girls since 1880.
Daquan is an American name of the late twentieth century, built from a Da- opening and a -quan ending that were both highly productive in the same decades. It has a clear shape and a clear moment.
How old is the name Daquan?
Daquan first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Daquan alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 7,800 people named Daquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daquan most popular?
Daquan peaked in 1994, reaching #374 nationally. Today it ranks #3181, 2,807 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daquan
Our reading, offered as ours. African-American naming in the second half of the twentieth century did something few naming traditions have ever done deliberately: it built a set of new names from an agreed stock of prefixes and endings, in full view, within a generation. Daquan is one of the results — Da- at the front, -quan at the back, and a name that belongs to a specific American place and time as clearly as any surname does. It has no ancient parent, and it was never meant to.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source language is established. What is documented is the construction: a Da- prefix that produced Dashawn, Darius and Damarion in American records, and a -quan ending shared with Rashquan, Tyquan and Jaquan in the same period.
Pronouncing Daquan
duh-KWAHN
Two syllables with the stress on the second. The qu is the kw of quick.
Nicknames for Daquan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 1994626 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #374reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- +2.8%37 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daquan in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, North Carolina, Florida.
Daquans among us
people named Daquan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 46,164 born in 2025 was named Daquan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Alphonso test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daquan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Alphonso climbed just as high around 1900, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Alphonso's path sketches the road Daquan is walking now.
Daquan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daquan is headed
Daquan is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daquan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daquan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly at sight by any English speaker.
- Quan is a complete short form that stands on its own.
- It belongs to a recognized and well-documented American naming tradition.
- The name has been used as shorthand in unkind internet humor, and he will meet that.
- Daquan, Dequan and Daquon are all in the records and will be confused.
- There is no documented meaning behind it, only a construction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daquans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,800 people named Daquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daquan in 2025?
- Daquan ranks #3181 among US boy names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daquan?
- About 1 in every 46,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Daquan — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daquan with classmates?
- Daquan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Daquan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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