Taquan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tuh-KWAHN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Taquan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Taquan come from?
Modern: African-American coinage: Ta- prefix + -quan
Is Taquan a girl's or a boy's name?
Taquan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taquan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Taquan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer boys named Taquan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Taquan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taquan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 53 | #1,940 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,020 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,547 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 66 | #1,462 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,299 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,374 |
| 1992 | 54 | #1,616 |
| 1991 | 47 | #1,719 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Taquan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Yitzchok, Yuri, Tru, Takai, Mikko, Minh, Yusuf, Zuko, Yakov, Kota, Loki
Names related to Taquan
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Taquan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taquan, updated 20 October 2026.