Deshawn
- Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959
- #1,663 for boys in 2025, 100 births
- Given to boys 93.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 560 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,074since 1964
Deshawn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,663 | 100 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,432 | 127 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,473 | 122 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,414 | 130 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,349 | 137 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,106 | 179 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,112 | 177 | |
| 2018 | — | #918 | 234 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,061 | 187 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,090 | 180 | |
| 2015 | — | #998 | 204 | |
| 2014 | — | #873 | 249 | |
| 2013 | — | #820 | 264 | |
| 2012 | — | #747 | 307 | |
| 2011 | — | #737 | 307 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #651 | 370 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #691 | 351 |
| 2008 | — | #595 | 422 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #573 | 448 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #508 | 511 |
| 2005 | — | #592 | 381 | |
| 2004 | — | #546 | 422 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #514 | 468 |
| 2002 | — | #562 | 396 | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #510 | 444 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #486 | 480 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #493 | 445 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #426 | 543 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #411 | 563 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #452 | 485 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | #442 | 517 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #408 | 560 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | #438 | 502 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 | #447 | 494 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 | #453 | 474 |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #481 | 409 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #549 | 313 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 | #538 | 289 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | #586 | 239 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #591 | 225 |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | #611 | 204 |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | #651 | 176 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #655 | 170 |
| 1982 | #3,530 | 23 | #723 | 143 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | #724 | 143 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #687 | 159 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #650 | 173 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #625 | 178 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #659 | 164 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | #711 | 138 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 | #635 | 162 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 | #641 | 158 |
| 1973 | #1,302 | 78 | #694 | 133 |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 | #797 | 100 |
| 1971 | #1,314 | 82 | #920 | 78 |
| 1970 | #1,619 | 58 | #1,132 | 53 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,909 | 39 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | — | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1964
The first year at least five boys were named Deshawn! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Deshawn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Texas | #1,415 | 13 | 1 in 13,465 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
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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 Deshawn
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 557 spots since 2020 (#1,106 → #1,663)
- Biggest jump: 212 spots in 1971
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1994 at #408 (560 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1971–2015
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,348
- Highest: 1 in 3,348 boys born in 1997 were named Deshawn (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,081 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #408 in 1994, was only 1 in 3,450 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.1% of all boys named Deshawn (4,992) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1972
- Mostly girls until 1971, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87 | #1,440 (1969) | #2,280 |
| 1970s | 1,337 | #625 (1978) | #746 |
| 1980s | 2,061 | #538 (1988) | #632 |
| 1990s | 4,992 | #408 (1994) | #445 |
| 2000s | 4,323 | #486 (2000) | #558 |
| 2010s | 2,479 | #651 (2010) | #901 |
| 2020s | 795 | #1,106 (2020) | #1,406 |
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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