Daequan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- day-KWAHN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Daequan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Daequan come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Dae- prefix + -quan ending, as in Daquan
Is Daequan a girl's or a boy's name?
Daequan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daequan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Daequan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Daequan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daequan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 55 | #1,798 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,161 |
| 1996 | 59 | #1,635 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
Names like Daequan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Dakota Brayden Aiden Declan Keegan Daquan Deacon Kian Kylan Braylen Rayden
Names related to Daequan
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daequan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daequan, updated 20 October 2026.