Deshon
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 93.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 90 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,552since 1966
Deshon 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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,617 | 31 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,912 | 27 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,136 | 36 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,055 | 38 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,331 | 23 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,402 | 52 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,800 | 43 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,432 | 52 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,533 | 49 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,126 | 61 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,129 | 57 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,974 | 56 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,816 | 61 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,742 | 64 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,692 | 62 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,359 | 86 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #1,234 | 94 |
| 1996 | — | #1,368 | 78 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,213 | 91 |
| 1994 | — | #1,231 | 88 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,179 | 90 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #1,228 | 84 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,216 | 83 |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,678 | 46 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,768 | 39 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,791 | 34 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,570 | 37 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | — | #1,356 | 45 | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,388 | 38 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | #1,784 | 25 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #3,537 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Deshon! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Deshon is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Missouri#565 · 1 in 7,258
- Virginia#656 · 1 in 8,412
- Georgia#752 · 1 in 8,128
- Illinois#799 · 1 in 10,778
- California#1,142 · 1 in 21,871
Best ever in a state: #446 in Wisconsin, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #565 | 5 | 1 in 7,258 |
| Virginia | #656 | 5 | 1 in 8,412 |
| Georgia | #752 | 6 | 1 in 8,128 |
| Illinois | #799 | 8 | 1 in 10,778 |
| California | #1,142 | 13 | 1 in 21,871 |
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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 Deshon
- 1,904 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #5,861)
- 2,725 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #5,861)
- 1,150 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #5,861)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1993 at #1,179 (90 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,055 boys born in 1997 were named Deshon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,179 in 1993, was only 1 in 21,793 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 32.3% of all boys named Deshon (825) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36 | #2,200 (1968) | #3,096 |
| 1970s | 339 | #1,356 (1977) | #1,560 |
| 1980s | 320 | #1,678 (1989) | #1,907 |
| 1990s | 825 | #1,179 (1993) | #1,306 |
| 2000s | 560 | #1,742 (2000) | #2,155 |
| 2010s | 333 | #2,402 (2010) | #3,508 |
| 2020s | 139 | #3,136 (2020) | #4,863 |
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.
Deshon in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 307,322 of them was named Deshon, which outranked 24.8% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,479Zohal7
- #10,479Zohra7
- #10,479Zuly7
- #11,738Deshon6
- #11,738Aamina6
- #11,738Abcde6
- #11,738Abi6
- #13,317Aaisha5
- #13,317Aasia5
- #13,317Abagale5
Tied with 1,578 names at #11,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 23,779 of them was named Deshon, which outranked 87.5% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,221Jed85
- #1,221Martell85
- #1,221Michel85
- #1,228Deshon84
- #1,228Delonte84
- #1,228Devontay84
- #1,228Layton84
- #1,237Corwin83
- #1,237Dajuan83
- #1,237Dustyn83
Tied with 8 names at #1,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.