How many Shaquans are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Shaquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Shaquan in 2025?

Shaquan ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Shaquan?

About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Shaquan — 12 in all.

Will my child share the name Shaquan with classmates?

Shaquan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Shaquan

Masculine

Shaquan is given to both — 2,127 boys and 537 girls since 1880. See Shaquan as a girl name See other names given to both

#6803 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare12 boys in 2025

Shaquan is a two-syllable name with the soft Sha- at its front and the firm -quan at its end, given mostly to boys with a real minority of girls. It has a bold, confident sound.

How old is the name Shaquan?

Shaquan first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Shaquan alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 2,100 people named Shaquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Shaquan most popular?

Shaquan peaked in 1994, reaching #663 nationally. Today it ranks #6803, 6,140 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 Shaquan

American families of one generation built a whole family of names from bold pieces: Sha- in front, -quan or -quille behind. Shaquan is one of the most familiar, its qu giving the second syllable a strong, clipped sound. It is a name made for its music and its confidence, and it belongs to the families who made it.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No source records a meaning for Shaquan. It joins Sha- to the -quan of Jaquan and Daquan, and no record says who first built it.

Pronouncing Shaquan

shuh-KWAHN

Stress on the second syllable.

Nicknames for Shaquan

Moderate

QuanTaken from the end

ShaqA lively short form

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: 1978
Most boys named: 1994244 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #663reached in 1994
Change vs 2024: +140.0%12 in 2025, from 5

Shaquan sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1994, with 244 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Shaquan in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.

Shaquans among us

2,100

people named Shaquan are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 142,340 born in 2025 was named Shaquan

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Brook test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shaquan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brook climbed just as high around 1961, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brook's path sketches the road Shaquan is walking now.

40%chance Shaquan will feel dated by 2040

Shaquan, aligned on its peakBrook· peak 1961not yet written

Shaquan today is about where Brook stood in 1992 — 31 years past a #663-sized peak. By 2007, Brook had settled around #4595.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Shaquan 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

Shaquan beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Shaquan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Shaquanthis name12#6803Zeb12#6803Buster12#6803Fabien12#6803Eston12#6803

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths

It has a strong, confident sound.
Quan and Shaq give two short forms.

What to consider

It will be spelled Shaquon or Shaquanne.
Most children given it are boys; a girl named Shaquan may be taken for a boy on paper.

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Frequently asked

How many Shaquans are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Shaquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Shaquan in 2025?: Shaquan ranks #6803 among US boy names in 2025, with 12 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Shaquan?: About 1 in every 142,340 US boys born in 2025 was named Shaquan — 12 in all.
Will my child share the name Shaquan with classmates?: Shaquan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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