Deshawn

Where Deshawn comes from

De- + Shawn. African-American coinage with the prefix De as in DeAndre, DeAngelo, and other names popular in the 1990s + Shawn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Deshawn
Deshawn through the years
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #3,282 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1989
    Deshawn Stephens born
    American basketball player
  4. 1994
    Deshawn Freeman born
    American basketball player
  5. 1994
    Peak, #408
    560 babies named Deshawn, its best rank.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #820.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Deshawn Stephens · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Deshawn Freeman · American basketball player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.