Fun Facts About the Name Jaquan
- More than 10 thousand babies named Jaquan: U.S. records list 10,662 babies given the name Jaquan from 1880 through 2025. Even 58 girls received the name Jaquan - about 1 girl for every 183 boys.
What Does the Name Jaquan Mean?
Jaquan is a modern American given name, and it has no established meaning from an older language. It is built from two sound elements rather than inherited from a single root with a known definition: the opening Ja-, which appears in names such as James, Jason, and Jay, and the closing -quan, which is shared with names like Daquan, Marquan, and Shaquan. The -quan element is of uncertain origin, so the name is usually described as having an uncertain meaning rather than a translation.
Jaquan Name History & Origins
Jaquan belongs to a group of American names that came into use in the twentieth century, particularly among African American families, in which familiar name parts were recombined into new given names. The opening Ja- echoes older names such as James and Jason and the single-syllable Jay, while the -quan ending appears across a family of names - Daquan, Marquan, Raquan, Shaquan, Taquan - that share the same closing sound. Spelling variants of Jaquan include Jaquon and Ja'Quan.
One explanation treats -quan as coming from the name Quan, which is used in more than one language, including as a Vietnamese given name (Quân) and as a Chinese name (Quán). If the ending does come from Quan, Jaquan would share in that name's meaning. The evidence does not settle this, and the two explanations are not mutually exclusive: the ending could have entered American naming through Quan and then been reused as a general closing element, in which case the specific meaning attached to Jaquan itself remains uncertain.
How Popular is the Name Jaquan?
Jaquan recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1999. Its best rank was #414 in 1999.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | #16,396 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #16,056 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,645 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #12,470 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,064 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #5,824 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #14,388 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #12,023 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,294 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2024 | #2,078 | 72 | 0.0042% |
| 2023 | #2,134 | 68 | 0.0040% |
| 2022 | #1,874 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 2021 | #1,894 | 81 | 0.0046% |
| 2020 | #1,662 | 96 | 0.0056% |
| 2019 | #1,876 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2018 | #1,740 | 89 | 0.0049% |
| 2017 | #1,533 | 107 | 0.0058% |
| 2016 | #1,535 | 109 | 0.0057% |
| 2015 | #1,571 | 103 | 0.0054% |
| 2014 | #1,311 | 135 | 0.0070% |
| 2013 | #1,211 | 148 | 0.0078% |
| 2012 | #1,103 | 169 | 0.0089% |
| 2011 | #1,028 | 185 | 0.0097% |
| 2010 | #1,008 | 195 | 0.0102% |
| 2009 | #916 | 226 | 0.0114% |
| 2008 | #813 | 270 | 0.0132% |
| 2007 | #763 | 289 | 0.0139% |
| 2006 | #659 | 349 | 0.0170% |
| 2005 | #614 | 366 | 0.0183% |
| 2004 | #494 | 495 | 0.0249% |
| 2003 | #581 | 380 | 0.0192% |
| 2002 | #485 | 476 | 0.0245% |
| 2001 | #463 | 514 | 0.0265% |
| 2000 | #445 | 536 | 0.0273% |
| 1999 | #414 | 567 | 0.0295% |
| 1998 | #425 | 544 | 0.0285% |
| 1997 | #432 | 524 | 0.0278% |
| 1996 | #446 | 504 | 0.0266% |
| 1995 | #451 | 504 | 0.0265% |
| 1994 | #426 | 536 | 0.0277% |
| 1993 | #533 | 372 | 0.0190% |
| 1992 | #588 | 307 | 0.0154% |
| 1991 | #607 | 281 | 0.0139% |
| 1990 | #754 | 183 | 0.0089% |
| 1989 | #807 | 151 | 0.0075% |
| 1988 | #887 | 116 | 0.0061% |
| 1987 | #1,103 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 1986 | #1,481 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1985 | #1,532 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1984 | #1,410 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1983 | #1,920 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1982 | #2,025 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1981 | #3,112 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #4,290 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #3,670 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #3,291 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #4,818 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #4,186 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #5,839 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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