Deshawn*
#883 most common boys' name of all time · #2,024 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1962–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#883
Rank overall
#2,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
17,257
Since 2016
1,573
Peak year
1994 #408
Best rank
#408 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 591/yr
Deshawn first appears in 1962. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,664 |
| 2024 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,435 |
| 2023 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,476 |
| 2022 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,416 |
| 2021 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,354 |
| 2020 | — | 179 | 179 | #1,106 |
| 2019 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,113 |
| 2018 | — | 234 | 234 | #918 |
| 2017 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,062 |
| 2016 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,093 |
| 2015 | — | 204 | 204 | #1,000 |
| 2014 | — | 249 | 249 | #874 |
| 2013 | — | 264 | 264 | #820 |
| 2012 | — | 307 | 307 | #747 |
| 2011 | — | 307 | 307 | #739 |
| 2010 | 6 | 370 | 376 | #651 |
| 2009 | 5 | 351 | 356 | #692 |
| 2008 | — | 422 | 422 | #597 |
| 2007 | 5 | 448 | 453 | #576 |
| 2006 | 5 | 511 | 516 | #508 |
| 2005 | — | 381 | 381 | #593 |
| 2004 | — | 422 | 422 | #546 |
| 2003 | 5 | 468 | 473 | #515 |
| 2002 | — | 396 | 396 | #563 |
| 2001 | 9 | 444 | 453 | #511 |
| 2000 | 13 | 480 | 493 | #487 |
| 1999 | 8 | 445 | 453 | #494 |
| 1998 | 23 | 543 | 566 | #426 |
| 1997 | 12 | 563 | 575 | #412 |
| 1996 | 19 | 485 | 504 | #453 |
| 1995 | 25 | 517 | 542 | #444 |
| 1994 | 31 | 560 | 591 | #408 |
| 1993 | 27 | 502 | 529 | #438 |
| 1992 | 30 | 494 | 524 | #447 |
| 1991 | 32 | 474 | 506 | #454 |
| 1990 | 26 | 409 | 435 | #481 |
| 1989 | 28 | 313 | 341 | #551 |
| 1988 | 26 | 289 | 315 | #541 |
| 1987 | 29 | 239 | 268 | #587 |
| 1986 | 18 | 225 | 243 | #591 |
| 1985 | 22 | 204 | 226 | #611 |
| 1984 | 21 | 176 | 197 | #651 |
| 1983 | 29 | 170 | 199 | #656 |
| 1982 | 23 | 143 | 166 | #728 |
| 1981 | 27 | 143 | 170 | #725 |
| 1980 | 21 | 159 | 180 | #689 |
| 1979 | 28 | 173 | 201 | #652 |
| 1978 | 40 | 178 | 218 | #625 |
| 1977 | 35 | 164 | 199 | #659 |
| 1976 | 28 | 138 | 166 | #714 |
| 1975 | 48 | 162 | 210 | #638 |
| 1974 | 56 | 158 | 214 | #643 |
| 1973 | 78 | 133 | 211 | #697 |
| 1972 | 51 | 100 | 151 | #803 |
| 1971 | 82 | 78 | 160 | #926 |
| 1970 | 58 | 53 | 111 | #1,141 |
| 1969 | 41 | 31 | 72 | #1,462 |
| 1968 | 39 | 29 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 23 | 9 | 32 | #2,962 |
| 1966 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #2,622 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,581 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | — |