Dashaun

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,096
1998 · 117 births
Debut · boys
1971
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,888
since 1971

Dashaun over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dashaun has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #1,096, 1998boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,70721
2024—#4,70121
2023—#5,07519
2022—#3,61731
2021—#5,33817
2020—#4,14124
2019—#2,99340
2018—#3,79328
2017—#4,59421
2016—#4,19924
2015—#4,40722
2014—#2,80542
2013—#2,52848
2012—#2,35854
2011—#2,20359
2010—#1,98669
2009—#1,488112
2008—#1,516107
2007—#1,272138
2006—#1,255133
2005—#1,272122
2004—#1,196128
2003—#1,310106
2002—#1,288105
2001—#1,231108
2000—#1,165118
1999—#1,130116
1998#14,1225#1,096117
1997#13,7245#1,154106
1996—#1,23690
1995#11,7836#1,31979
1994—#1,21190
1993#13,4425#1,26680
1992—#1,42964
1991#11,5096#1,24580
1990—#1,51656
1989—#1,61549
1988—#2,14629
1987—#1,79336
1986—#2,60120
1985—#2,35722
1984—#3,45912
1983—#2,49319
1982—#3,48212
1981#10,4115#2,56918
1980—#2,36721
1979—#2,10424
1978—#4,5547
1977—#4,5827
1976—#3,26411
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Dashaun! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Dashaun is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMINew York: #995 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,593 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedINOhio: #846 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,381 boysOHPennsylvania: #848 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,178 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedWVVirginia: #694 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,973 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #529 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,979 boysNCSouth Carolina: #503 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,988 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dashaun, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#503 · 1 in 3,988
  2. North Carolina#529 · 1 in 4,979
  3. Virginia#694 · 1 in 7,973
  4. Ohio#846 · 1 in 14,381
  5. Pennsylvania#848 · 1 in 14,178

Best ever in a state: #376 in North Carolina, 1996.

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South Carolina#50351 in 3,988
North Carolina#52991 in 4,979
Virginia#69451 in 7,973
Ohio#84651 in 14,381
Pennsylvania#84851 in 14,178
New York#99591 in 13,593
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See more about Dashaun
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,707)
  • 566 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #4,707)
  • 300 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #4,707)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,096 (117 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,039
  • Highest: 1 in 15,039 boys born in 2007 were named Dashaun (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,096 in 1998, was only 1 in 16,336 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 40.8% of all boys named Dashaun (1,177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s55#2,104 (1979)#3,776
1980s238#1,615 (1989)#2,488
1990s878#1,096 (1998)#1,260
2000s1,177#1,165 (2000)#1,299
2010s407#1,986 (2010)#3,187
2020s133#3,617 (2022)#4,597

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dashaun in 1995

girls
#11,783
6 births · 1 in 293,091 girls
boys
#1,319
79 births · 1 in 24,097 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #11,783Dashaun6

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,319Dashaun79
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 293,091 of them was named Dashaun, which outranked 25.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dashaun
  1. #10,514Zola7
  2. #10,514Zoraya7
  3. #10,514Zyaire7
  4. #11,783Dashaun6
  5. #11,783Aailyah6
  6. #11,783Aalliyah6
  7. #11,783Aanisah6
  8. #13,386Aailiyah5
  9. #13,386Aalia5
  10. #13,386Aalijah5

Tied with 1,602 names at #11,783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 24,097 of them was named Dashaun, which outranked 87.2% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dashaun
  1. #1,312Dayne80
  2. #1,312Emery80
  3. #1,312Norberto80
  4. #1,319Dashaun79
  5. #1,319Diante79
  6. #1,319Erwin79
  7. #1,319Favian79
  8. #1,327Angus78
  9. #1,327Cornell78
  10. #1,327Esai78

Tied with 7 names at #1,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →