Dequan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-KWAHN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dequan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Dequan come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, the prefix De- with -quan
Is Dequan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dequan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dequan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dequan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 1994, with 377 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Dequan than any year since 1977.
Half of all the boys named Dequan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dequan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 90 | #1,449 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,108 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,007 |
| 1999 | 195 | #784 |
| 1998 | 205 | #769 |
| 1997 | 183 | #797 |
| 1996 | 239 | #681 |
| 1995 | 248 | #664 |
| 1994 | 377 | #521 |
| 1993 | 241 | #662 |
| 1992 | 146 | #870 |
| 1991 | 116 | #989 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,054 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,289 |
| 1988 | 44 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 87 | #927 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
Names like Dequan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Brayden, Kayden, Declan, Aiden, Deacon, Brennan, Devin, Brody, Kian, Braden, Kenan
Names related to Dequan
Daquan, Dayquan, Daiquan, Daequan, Dquan, Diquan, Dyquan, Daquawn
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, “Dequan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dequan, updated 20 October 2026.