Dashon

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,472
1993 · 63 births
Debut · boys
1971
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,615
since 1971

Dashon over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #1,472, 1993boys
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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—#10,6956
2024—#5,44317
2023—#7,73810
2022—#12,3305
2021—#7,58710
2020—#5,69915
2019—#3,89927
2018—#5,32017
2017—#4,46622
2016—#5,12418
2015—#7,06611
2014—#5,06618
2013—#4,31322
2012—#3,53030
2011—#4,22123
2010—#3,23934
2009—#4,27823
2008—#3,42132
2007—#2,64346
2006—#2,62145
2005—#2,36549
2004—#2,64340
2003—#2,12852
2002—#2,12550
2001—#1,74365
2000—#2,08748
1999—#1,73359
1998—#1,70060
1997—#1,51968
1996—#1,74053
1995—#1,58858
1994#10,5697#1,58158
1993#11,7806#1,47263
1992#13,3175#1,49061
1991—#1,76845
1990—#1,48658
1989—#2,35928
1988—#2,14629
1987#11,3255#2,11528
1986—#2,51021
1985—#2,94216
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,27222
1982—#2,51819
1981—#4,1539
1980—#3,09814
1979—#3,16813
1978—#3,8579
1977—#3,03713
1976—#3,26411
1975—#2,63715
1974#8,7755#4,1907
1973#8,4235#2,21618
1972—#4,4416
1971—#4,3756
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First appearance
1971

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

Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dashon is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #684 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,822 boysPANew Jersey: #481 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,099 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,736 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 39,350 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dashon, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#481 · 1 in 5,099
  2. Pennsylvania#684 · 1 in 10,822
  3. California#1,736 · 1 in 39,350

Best ever in a state: #334 in New Jersey, 1987.

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New Jersey#481101 in 5,099
Pennsylvania#68471 in 10,822
California#1,73671 in 39,350
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See more about Dashon
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5,252 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #10,695)
  • 4,996 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #10,695)
  • 3,629 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1993 at #1,472 (63 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 16 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 27,723
  • Highest: 1 in 27,723 boys born in 1997 were named Dashon (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,472 in 1993, was only 1 in 31,132 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.1% of all boys named Dashon (583) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s98#2,216 (1973)#3,465
1980s199#2,115 (1987)#2,738
1990s583#1,472 (1993)#1,608
2000s450#1,743 (2001)#2,605
2010s222#3,239 (2010)#4,624
2020s63#5,443 (2024)#8,249

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.

Dashon in 1993

girls
#11,780
6 births · 1 in 301,512 girls
boys
#1,472
63 births · 1 in 31,132 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #11,780Dashon6

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #1,472Dashon63
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 301,512 of them was named Dashon, which outranked 25.4% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dashon
  1. #10,588Zelene7
  2. #10,588Zowie7
  3. #10,588Zuly7
  4. #11,780Dashon6
  5. #11,780Abbigael6
  6. #11,780Abbye6
  7. #11,780Abbygale6
  8. #13,442Aaminah5
  9. #13,442Aarica5
  10. #13,442Abagale5

Tied with 1,661 names at #11,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 31,132 of them was named Dashon, which outranked 85.5% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dashon
  1. #1,460Ronnell64
  2. #1,460Tim64
  3. #1,460Torrance64
  4. #1,472Dashon63
  5. #1,472Alfonzo63
  6. #1,472Ameer63
  7. #1,472Dameon63
  8. #1,493Angus62
  9. #1,493Baron62
  10. #1,493Brayan62

Tied with 20 names at #1,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →