Keyshawn

Where Keyshawn comes from

Keyshawn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1972
    Keyshawn Johnson born
    All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver
  2. 1983
    First appearance
    #6,238 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1990
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1999
    Keyshawn Davis born
    American boxer
  5. 2000
    Peak, #520
    430 babies named Keyshawn — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #980.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Keyshawn Davis · American boxer, born 1999
  • Keyshawn Johnson · All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver, born 1972
  • KeyShawn Feazell · American basketball player, born 1998

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.