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Deshawn

#1,663 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Deshawn has been given to 17,257 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #1,663 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 563 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Deshawn, 2025

1 in 33,200

Deshawn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Deshawn over time

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

19622025

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.

Deshawn: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Deshawn means

Deshawn is a modern given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

De- + Shawn. African-American coinage with the prefix De as in DeAndre, DeAngelo, and other names popular in the 1990s + Shawn.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: DeShawn (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Deshawn is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Deshawn is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 16,074 boys were recorded with the name Deshawn between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 563 in 1997; its best national rank was #408 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,106 in 2020 to #1,663 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,001 in 2015 to #1,663 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,183 girls were recorded with the name Deshawn between 1962 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 82 in 1971; its best national rank was #1,304 in 1973.

How common is Deshawn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,200
100 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,663
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
22,980 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Deshawn 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 22,980 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deshawn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deshawns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deshawn was born before 1999 — so the typical Deshawn is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
44.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
16,074
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (4,992).

Is Deshawn 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
−231
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−557
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−662
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.49×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.8%
Peak was 1997 (563)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#408
1994

Spellings of Deshawn

Deshawn is not the most common spelling — Shawn is, with 78.1% against Deshawn's 4.1%.

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 Deshawn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Deshawn was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 3,226 boys, against 1 in 11,555 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 100,000).

131 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 3,226
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 4,348
  3. 3Georgia1 in 5,556
  4. 4Illinois1 in 5,882
  5. 5Ohio1 in 6,667
  6. 6Florida1 in 7,692
  7. 7Alabama1 in 9,091
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 10,000

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 Deshawn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Deshawn was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 249,810 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 33,333
  2. 2District of Columbia1 in 100,000
  3. 3Michigan1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7North Carolina1 in —
  8. 8New 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. Deshawn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Deshawn around the world

Where Deshawn 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
    2001–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1993–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2003–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Deshawn

People whose public names include Deshawn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Deshawn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Deshawn. Linked forms have their own page here.

DeshaunDe'Shaun

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Deshawn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,663
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 557
Best rank ever
#408
1994
Peak year
1997
563 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
16,074
Count in 2025
100

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,304
1973
Peak year
1971
82 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
1,183
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Deshawn

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

DesmondDeshaunDestinDashawnDeseanRashawnKeshawnTyshawnDeshonLashawnJashawnDeshunDesmonKeyshawnRayshawnTashawnMarshawnKashawnNashawnDesiJayshawnLeshawnTreshawnDestyn

Names with a curve like Deshawn

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

TyreeDavonNigelBrendonKeenanMarkusKristianGermanEstevanDarianDeandreJaron

Sibling names for Deshawn

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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