Deshaun

Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426 · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 96.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 179 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,718
since 1968

Deshaun over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Deshaun has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #802, 1996boys
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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—#3,45033
2024—#3,10439
2023—#2,27762
2022—#2,43857
2021—#2,41056
2020—#2,09467
2019—#1,97474
2018—#1,79285
2017—#1,91875
2016—#1,82882
2015—#1,72989
2014—#1,76685
2013—#1,86676
2012—#1,545103
2011—#1,350125
2010—#1,358125
2009—#1,182153
2008—#1,074174
2007—#990197
2006—#859233
2005—#937186
2004—#939180
2003—#979163
2002—#855194
2001—#847190
2000—#821195
1999—#867174
1998#12,4266#808188
1997#10,8367#828175
1996#10,5677#802179
1995#13,3865#827168
1994#8,12210#822167
1993#11,7806#845157
1992—#952127
1991#7,43011#972120
1990#12,9585#1,11792
1989#12,3625#1,14586
1988#9,2447#99495
1987#7,9878#1,23462
1986#6,61210#97189
1985—#99883
1984#8,1537#1,48142
1983#6,21210#1,10765
1982#10,5175#1,21059
1981#8,1287#1,17761
1980#6,7899#97485
1979#4,42016#99180
1978#6,3859#93286
1977#9,6525#1,33546
1976#8,1566#2,60116
1975#9,0675#1,70429
1974#6,9007#1,83225
1973#5,5809#2,12419
1972#5,4809#2,24317
1971#5,5439#2,27917
1970#4,76111#4,2306
1969#5,9747—
1968#5,6427#4,1365
1967#6,0426—
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five boys were named Deshaun! It came in at #4,136, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Deshaun is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMNIllinois: #537 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,469 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMINew York: #1,076 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,730 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedIAIndiana: #701 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,864 boysINOhio: #440 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,150 boysOHPennsylvania: #712 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,219 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,917 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 41,313 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNEMissouri: #651 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,874 boysMOKentucky: #465 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,838 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedWVVirginia: #405 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,931 boysVAMaryland: #530 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,107 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedARTennessee: #612 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,089 boysTNNorth Carolina: #636 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,748 boysNCSouth Carolina: #510 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,483 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedMSAlabama: #600 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,060 boysALGeorgia: #672 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,540 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Deshaun, so not publishedHITexas: #946 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,245 boysTXFlorida: #621 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,581 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#405 · 1 in 2,931
  2. Ohio#440 · 1 in 4,150
  3. Kentucky#465 · 1 in 4,838
  4. South Carolina#510 · 1 in 3,483
  5. Maryland#530 · 1 in 4,107

Best ever in a state: #360 in Arkansas, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#405141 in 2,931
Ohio#440171 in 4,150
Kentucky#46551 in 4,838
South Carolina#51061 in 3,483
Maryland#53071 in 4,107
Illinois#537181 in 4,469
Alabama#60051 in 5,060
Tennessee#61261 in 6,089
Florida#621161 in 5,581
North Carolina#63691 in 5,748
Missouri#65151 in 6,874
Georgia#672101 in 5,540
Indiana#70151 in 7,864
Pennsylvania#71281 in 8,219
Texas#946141 in 12,245
New York#1,07691 in 12,730
California#1,91761 in 41,313
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Deshaun
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 346 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #3,450)
  • 1,356 spots since 2020 (#2,094 → #3,450)
  • 1,721 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #3,450)
  • Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1985 (#1,481 → #998)
  • Biggest drop: 263 spots in 1987 (#971 → #1,234)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1996 at #802 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1991–2007
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,821
  • Highest: 1 in 8,821 boys born in 2006 were named Deshaun (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #802 in 1996, was only 1 in 10,583 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 32.6% of all boys named Deshaun (1,865) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,136 (1968)#4,136
1970s341#932 (1978)#2,027
1980s727#971 (1986)#1,129
1990s1,547#802 (1996)#884
2000s1,865#821 (2000)#948
2010s919#1,350 (2011)#1,713
2020s314#2,094 (2020)#2,629

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.

Deshaun in 2000

boys
#821
195 births · 1 in 10,072 boys

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #821Deshaun195
More about 2000

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 10,072 of them was named Deshaun, which outranked 93.2% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deshaun
  1. #818Rahul196
  2. #818Savion196
  3. #818Vernon196
  4. #821Deshaun195
  5. #821Josh195
  6. #821Korey195
  7. #824Gerard194
  8. #824Jacoby194
  9. #824Lonnie194

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →