Deshun
- Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to boys 97.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,314since 1969
Deshun over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Deshun has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,803 | 12 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,651 | 30 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,136 | 11 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,060 | 14 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,883 | 27 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,545 | 21 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,014 | 25 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,885 | 26 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,812 | 27 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,639 | 29 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,659 | 44 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,993 | 32 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,755 | 34 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,476 | 38 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,040 | 46 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,145 | 39 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,753 | 50 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,123 | 37 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,227 | 32 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,628 | 25 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | — | #2,429 | 22 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,213 | 23 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,236 | 22 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | — | #2,277 | 18 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #3,595 | 7 |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five boys were named Deshun! It came in at #3,595, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Deshun is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Deshun in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Deshun
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 899 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #6,803)
- 231 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,803)
- 2,258 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1994 at #1,753 (50 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 38,641
- Highest: 1 in 38,641 boys born in 1994 were named Deshun (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 28.6% of all boys named Deshun (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 130 | #2,236 (1979) | #2,800 |
| 1980s | 173 | #2,213 (1980) | #2,915 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,753 (1994) | #2,206 |
| 2000s | 328 | #2,476 (2000) | #3,128 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,812 (2010) | #4,894 |
| 2020s | 96 | #3,651 (2021) | #6,069 |
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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