How rare is the name Deshawn?

12,256 people in the United States have the first name Deshawn, about 1 in 24,644. It ranks #2,169 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DESHAWN

#2,169

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,256
About
1 in 24,644
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,256 people named Deshawn, 84% reported their origin as Black, 8% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 93.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Deshawn peaked in 1994, when 591 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
591
In 2025*
100 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,257 babies have been given the name since 1962. 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.

Deshawn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #918. The largest share of babies named Deshawn, 40.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#3,941241
1970s#1,3711,841
1980s#1,3202,305
1990s#9185,225
2000s#1,1854,365
2010s#1,9012,485
2020s#2,928795
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9633.4%
Generation Z 1997–1240.3%
2013 and later13.3%

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 Deshawn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Deshawn has been most common in Michigan (3×), Virginia (2.2×), and Louisiana (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.17×).

14,135 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.

Either side of Deshawn

#2,167 Nola · 12,273#2,168 Kendal · 12,270#2,170 Christen · 12,249#2,171 Deena · 12,237

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,366 Deshaun · 4,309#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#30,536 Deshauna · 285

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