Given name
Daquan
“a high-spirited man”
Daquan is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a high-spirited man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a high-spirited man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Daquan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,976
- 7,970 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 632 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,196 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,196 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 626 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,436 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Daquan’s family of names
Daquan has a related form in Dequan. Daquan has a related form in Daquann. Daquan has a related form in Dequann.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Daquan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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