Rayquan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rayquan by the numbers

Rayquan was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 96 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Rayquan

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rayquan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Raquan13 in the US (2017)
  • Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayyanwatered, irrigated; one who drinks261 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayaangates of paradise75 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayyaanwell-watered, lush; from rayan8 in England and Wales (2025)

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