Quan vs Quanisha
American parents have registered 1,535 Quanishas since 1880, against 1,464 Quans. But in 2025 it was Quan that was commoner, 12 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Quan Quanisha
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 58 years in which either name was published, Quan for 43 years and Quanisha for 15 years. The lead changed hands 2 times.
Side by side
| Quan | Quanisha | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,464 | 1,535 |
| Most in one year | 43 | 160 |
| Babies in 2025 | 12 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,400 | 1,500 |
| Median age today | 30 | 32 |
| Peak year | 1995 | 1995 |
| Best rank | 1,955th boys | 1,107th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 6,803rd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1966 | 1976 |
| Girls / boys | 39 / 1,425 | 1,535 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Quanishas alive today are over 32; half the Quans are over 30. That is 2 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Quan California (6.7×), Texas (2.5×)
- Quanisha Florida (5.5×), South Carolina (4.5×), North Carolina (3.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Quan and Quanisha.