Deshan
- Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to boys 95.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 253since 1971
Deshan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Deshan has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
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| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
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| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #10,766 | 6 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
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| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
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| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
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| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Deshan! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1973–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Deshan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Deshan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Deshan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1977 at #3,203 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr 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 136,935
- Highest: 1 in 136,935 boys born in 1977 were named Deshan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.8% of all boys named Deshan (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 57 | #3,203 (1977) | #4,545 |
| 1980s | 22 | #5,332 (1986) | #6,267 |
| 1990s | 83 | #4,327 (1992) | #6,171 |
| 2000s | 54 | #6,935 (2001) | #9,373 |
| 2010s | 32 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,721 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,239 (2023) | #12,239 |
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.
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