Quayshawn
Quayshawn Tyree Nealy is an American former football linebacker. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, and Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
Meaning & Origin of Quayshawn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Quayshawn Tyree Nealy is an American former football linebacker. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arizona Cardinals, and Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at Georgia Tech.
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The Story of Quayshawn
The earliest SSA record of Quayshawn as a baby boy name dates back to 1991, when 45 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 45 newborns named Quayshawn — #1,768 in the national rankings. About 80% of every Quayshawn on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Quayshawn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 172 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Quayshawn
Quayshawn is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 172 births in the dataset. Quayshawn's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #1,768. Use the chart and map above to compare Quayshawn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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