Declining since 1997, #7,194 for boys today.
Popularity of Rayquan since 1988
Babies named Rayquan per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 16 |
| 1990s | 486 |
| 2000s | 460 |
| 2010s | 212 |
| 2020s | 66 |
Meaning & origin
Rayquan is a modern invented name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988, during a period of creative naming among African American families. Its peak came in 1996 at rank 7,194, but it has been falling in use since 1997. Currently, approximately 1 in 155,280 male births receive the name. It is rarely used for girls and remains strongly associated with boys. The name does not appear in top state lists, suggesting it is spread thinly across the country.
Rayquan is a modern coinage, most likely formed by blending the popular syllable Ray (often from names like Raymond or Ray) with the suffix quan, which appears in many contemporary invented names. The name emerged in the late 1980s, reflecting a trend of creative, phonetic name construction in African American naming traditions. It has no historical or linguistic derivation from older languages.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ray, Quan
Sibling names for Rayquan
Names that share Rayquan's style, for a brother or sister.
