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.

Leshawn**

#4,489 most common boys' name of all time · #11,020 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1964–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#4,489
Rank overall
#11,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,118
Since 2016
52
Peak year
1976 #1,866
Best rank
#1,866 1976
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
198020002020

Leshawn first appears in 1964. 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 6 6 #10,916
2021 7 7 #9,921
2020 8 8 #8,900
2019 6 6 #11,036
2018 9 9 #8,309
2017 7 7 #9,914
2016 9 9 #8,300
2015 16 16 #5,571
2014 5 5 #12,435
2013 14 14 #6,000
2012 19 19 #4,915
2011 12 12 #6,675
2010 15 15 #5,836
2009 18 18 #5,165
2008 19 19 #4,950
2007 16 16 #5,510
2006 19 19 #4,729
2005 14 14 #5,656
2004 15 15 #5,318
2003 16 16 #4,887
2002 13 13 #5,495
2001 15 15 #4,978
2000 13 13 #5,385
1999 17 17 #4,239
1998 19 19 #3,768
1997 11 11 #5,415
1996 10 18 28 #3,743
1995 14 14 #4,377
1994 7 18 25 #3,674
1993 24 24 #2,907
1992 14 14 #4,214
1991 7 20 27 #3,170
1990 5 16 21 #3,692
1989 5 12 17 #4,386
1988 15 16 31 #3,287
1987 11 11 #4,108
1986 14 14 #3,369
1985 6 17 23 #2,899
1984 6 11 17 #3,829
1983 8 20 28 #2,475
1982 8 10 18 #4,132
1981 5 17 22 #2,749
1980 14 23 37 #2,265
1979 10 23 33 #2,219
1978 11 16 27 #2,764
1977 12 18 30 #2,537
1976 17 27 44 #1,866
1975 16 22 38 #2,123
1974 28 14 42 #2,769
1973 17 14 31 #2,693
1972 14 22 36 #1,960
1971 18 23 41 #1,912
1970 18 8 26 #3,772
1969 12 6 18 #4,321
1968 17 17
1967 6 6
1966 7 7
1965 8 8
1964 5 5