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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Delaware#144 · 1 in 884
- Nevada#173 · 1 in 1,029
- Virginia#219 · 1 in 1,605
- Michigan#240 · 1 in 2,230
- Kentucky#354 · 1 in 4,723
Best ever in a state: #107 in Delaware, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #144 | 5 | 1 in 884 |
| Nevada | #173 | 7 | 1 in 1,029 |
| Virginia | #219 | 25 | 1 in 1,605 |
| Michigan | #240 | 29 | 1 in 2,230 |
| Kentucky | #354 | 5 | 1 in 4,723 |
| North Carolina | #385 | 11 | 1 in 3,956 |
| Illinois | #389 | 22 | 1 in 3,793 |
| Ohio | #401 | 14 | 1 in 5,494 |
| Maryland | #423 | 6 | 1 in 5,110 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 9 | 1 in 5,717 |
| New York | #458 | 27 | 1 in 4,803 |
| Tennessee | #459 | 6 | 1 in 5,642 |
| Missouri | #460 | 6 | 1 in 6,085 |
| California | #465 | 52 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Louisiana | #512 | 7 | 1 in 4,512 |
| Pennsylvania | #612 | 7 | 1 in 11,303 |
| Texas | #740 | 14 | 1 in 10,293 |
| Florida | #948 | 5 | 1 in 16,893 |
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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
- 231 spots since 2024 (#1,432 → #1,663)
- 557 spots since 2020 (#1,106 → #1,663)
- 665 spots since 2015 (#998 → #1,663)
- Biggest jump: 212 spots in 1971 (#1,132 → #920)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2019 (#918 → #1,112)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1994 at #408 (560 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1971–2015
- 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
- 31.1% of all boys named Deshawn (4,992) were born in this decade
- 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.
Deshawn in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 68,494 of them was named Deshawn, which outranked 74.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,483Trish27
- #3,483Vi27
- #3,483Yeraldin27
- #3,585Deshawn26
- #3,585Alejandrina26
- #3,585Alejandro26
- #3,585Aleksandra26
- #3,690Abigayle25
- #3,690Abril25
- #3,690Aleece25
Tied with 104 names at #3,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 6,624 of them was named Deshawn, which outranked 93.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #535Dorian290
- #535Kellen290
- #535Ted290
- #538Deshawn289
- #538Davon289
- #538Jean289
- #538Kareem289
- #543Freddy288
- #544Braden286
- #545Efrain285
Tied with 4 names at #538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.