Taquan
Masculine
The -quan ending is one of the most productive in American naming and nobody knows where it came from. That is not unusual: most of the productive endings in the modern stock have no documented source at all.
How old is the name Taquan?
Taquan first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Taquan alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 1,200 people named Taquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taquan most popular?
Taquan peaked in 1994, reaching #1303 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 9,392 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 Taquan
It is worth being clear about what is and is not known. The American prefixes can be dated from the records, and their spread can be traced. The endings are harder: -quan, -isha, -ell, -onte and -aden all became productive within a few years of each other, all generated hundreds of names, and none of them has a securely documented first instance or source. Etymologists face the same problem with slang, where words appear in speech long before print and the trail is cold by the time anyone writes them down. The right response is to describe the mechanism, note the proposals and say which are supported, and resist the temptation to pick the most satisfying story. A suffix with no known origin is a normal thing for a living language to have.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Taquan joins the Ta- prefix to the -quan ending. The ending's origin is not established; proposals include French Antoine through Antwan and an independent formation. Neither is documented. The peak is 1994.
Pronouncing Taquan
tuh-KWAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. The qu is said as kw, following English rather than Spanish.
Nicknames for Taquan
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
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 199480 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1303reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −40.0%6 in 2025, from 10
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.
Taquan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Taquon in English — spelling variant
- Raquan in English — related form
Taquans among us
people named Taquan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Taquan
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 Edrick test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taquan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Edrick climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Edrick's path sketches the road Taquan is walking now.
Taquan 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
Taquan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taquan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Quan works as a short form and is a name of its own.
- Two syllables with a firm ending.
- The spelling is phonetically unambiguous.
- It has no documented meaning or source.
- Several spellings compete.
- The 1994 peak dates it closely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taquans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Taquan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taquan in 2025?
- Taquan ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taquan?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Taquan — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taquan with classmates?
- Taquan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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