boys:
778 births since 1988
#3809 (17th percentile)
overall:
778 births since 1988
#6961 (10th percentile)
The name Daiquan is the #6,961 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 778 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,809 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 778 births since 1988.
Daiquan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for boys in 1988). Birth data for Daiquan is available in 31 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Daiquan reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #742) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 31 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Daiquan ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daiquan".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Daiquan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.0% confident that Daiquan is pronounced as DAYK-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAYK-wahn, at 24.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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