girls:
537 births since 1975
#5179 (9th percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1978
#2739 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1975
#5218 (33rd percentile)
The name Shaquan is the #5,218 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,647 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 32.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,739 (40.2% percentile) for all time with 2,110 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,179 (9.4% percentile) for all time with 537 births since 1975.
Shaquan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1978 for boys).
The name Shaquan has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shaquan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for girls (63.6% girls from 1975 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (82.9% boys from 1984 to 2023).
For boys, Shaquan reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 29.4% percentile (ranked #548) with 120 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 120 births per million (ranked 29.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shaquan ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 5.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shaquan reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #792) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 30 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaquan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shaquan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Shaquan is pronounced as shuhk-WAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shahk-WAHN, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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