Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dashaun

#2,480 most common boys' name of all time · #5,986 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#2,480
Rank overall
#5,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,920
Since 2016
246
Peak year
2007 #1,276
Best rank
#1,101 1998
Girls Boys peak 138/yr
198020002020

Dashaun first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 21 21 #4,750
2024 — 21 21 #4,761
2023 — 19 19 #5,131
2022 — 31 31 #3,651
2021 — 17 17 #5,403
2020 — 24 24 #4,184
2019 — 40 40 #3,020
2018 — 28 28 #3,834
2017 — 21 21 #4,651
2016 — 24 24 #4,245
2015 — 22 22 #4,465
2014 — 42 42 #2,829
2013 — 48 48 #2,545
2012 — 54 54 #2,369
2011 — 59 59 #2,213
2010 — 69 69 #1,998
2009 — 112 112 #1,492
2008 — 107 107 #1,522
2007 — 138 138 #1,276
2006 — 133 133 #1,263
2005 — 122 122 #1,277
2004 — 128 128 #1,199
2003 — 106 106 #1,315
2002 — 105 105 #1,292
2001 — 108 108 #1,238
2000 — 118 118 #1,170
1999 — 116 116 #1,137
1998 5 117 122 #1,101
1997 5 106 111 #1,159
1996 — 90 90 #1,243
1995 6 79 85 #1,325
1994 — 90 90 #1,216
1993 5 80 85 #1,277
1992 — 64 64 #1,449
1991 6 80 86 #1,252
1990 — 56 56 #1,529
1989 — 49 49 #1,635
1988 — 29 29 #2,190
1987 — 36 36 #1,822
1986 — 20 20 #2,667
1985 — 22 22 #2,417
1984 — 12 12 #3,632
1983 — 19 19 #2,563
1982 — 12 12 #3,631
1981 5 18 23 #2,660
1980 — 21 21 #2,432
1979 — 24 24 #2,150
1978 — 7 7 #4,891
1977 — 7 7 #4,965
1976 — 11 11 #3,440
1971 — 6 6 #4,853