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Dashawn

#2,543 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Deshawn

Dashawn has been given to 9,421 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #2,543 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 373 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Dashawn, 2025

1 in 63,800

Dashawn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dashawn over time

In 2025, Dashawn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19682025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dashawn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Deshawn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dashawn means

Dashawn is a variant of Deshawn.

Origin, language, and formation

Dashawn is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Deshawn and DeShawn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,880 boys were recorded with the name Dashawn between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 373 in 1994; its best national rank was #525 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,721 in 2020 to #2,543 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,482 in 2015 to #2,543 in 2025.

In the United States, 541 girls were recorded with the name Dashawn between 1968 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,428 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dashawn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 63,800
52 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 32,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,543
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
44,191 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dashawn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 44,191 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dashawn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dashawns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dashawn was born before 2000 — so the typical Dashawn is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
35.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
8,880
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1990s — 35.2% of all recorded uses (3,124).

Is Dashawn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−34
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−822
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,061
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.46×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.9%
Peak was 1994 (373)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#525
1994

Spellings of Dashawn

Dashawn is not the most common spelling — Shawn is, with 76.9% against Dashawn's 2.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dashawn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Dashawn was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 10,000 boys, against 1 in 28,186 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 10,000
  2. 2Indiana1 in 11,111
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 12,500
  4. 4Illinois1 in 16,667
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
  6. 6Michigan1 in 25,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 33,333
  8. 8Georgia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Dashawn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dashawn was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 526,863 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 50,000
  2. 2Maryland1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dashawn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dashawn around the world

Where Dashawn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2006
    #4,052
    in 2006
  • Canada
    1997–2010
    #2,676
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Dashawn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,543
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 822
Best rank ever
#525
1994
Peak year
1994
373 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,880
Count in 2025
52

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,428
1972
Peak year
1995
30 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
541
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dashawn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DashaunRashawnKeshawnTyshawnDeshawnDashiellLashawnDashonJashawnDaseanKeyshawnRayshawnDashDashielTashawnMarshawnDashelKashawnNashawnJayshawnLeshawnTreshawnDasaniDayshawn

Names with a curve like Dashawn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dashawn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DarionDandreTravonDevenZakaryMarquezDevanDillanJaquanDarienDallinDarrion

Sibling names for Dashawn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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