How rare is the name Deshaun?

4,309 people in the United States have the first name Deshaun, about 1 in 70,093. It ranks #4,366 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DESHAUN

#4,366

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,309
About
1 in 70,093
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,309 people named Deshaun, 81.8% reported their origin as Black, 9.4% as two or more races and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deshaun peaked in 2006, when 233 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19672025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
233
In 2025*
33 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,949 babies have been given the name since 1967. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Deshaun by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,981. The largest share of babies named Deshaun, 46.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#11,48325
1970s#3,269427
1980s#2,502795
1990s#1,9811,604
2000s#2,1571,865
2010s#3,762919
2020s#5,461314
Generation X 1965–809.2%
Millennials 1981–9629.5%
Generation Z 1997–1246.5%
2013 and later14.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Deshaun is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deshaun has been most common in Florida (2.5×), Illinois (2.5×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.47×).

3,564 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Deshaun

1 other first name also has 4,309 people.

#4,366 Sachin · 4,309

Either side of Deshaun

#4,363 Fang · 4,311#4,365 Mariyah · 4,310#4,366 Sachin · 4,309#4,368 Nour · 4,306

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Deshaun, most common first.

#2,169 Deshawn · 12,256#5,758 Desean · 2,896#7,755 Deshon · 1,933#12,690 Deshun · 975#19,703 Deshawna · 533#29,024 Deshane · 307#29,211 Deshan · 304#30,312 Dejaun · 288

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