Boys' name · peaked in 1997
Deshawn name popularity since 1925
17,257 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Deshawn (6.9% girls, 93.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1998 or earlier, so the typical Deshawn is about 28 years old in 2026. Deshawn peaked in 1997 as the #411 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,257
- Named Deshawn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,663 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 93.1% boys
- 1,183 girls · 16,074 boys
- Most popular in
- Michigan
- 2.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Deshawn made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Deshawn births per year, 1925–2025
1997 was the biggest year for Deshawn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Deshawn became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 7,810 baby boys to 1 in 4,040.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby boys fell by 45%, from 1 in 5,190 to 1 in 9,400.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Deshawn's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Deshawn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Deshawn in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 154 | 87 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 504 | 1,337 | #638 |
| 1980s | 244 | 2,061 | #612 |
| 1990s | 233 | 4,992 | #444 |
| 2000s | 42 | 4,323 | #592 |
| 2010s | 6 | 2,479 | #1,001 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 795 | #1,663 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
40.3% of babies named Deshawn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Deshawn is most popular
The index compares Deshawn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Deshawn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 2.93× | 1,603 |
| Virginia | 2.26× | 729 |
| Louisiana | 1.89× | 484 |
| Illinois | 1.72× | 1,200 |
| Florida | 1.56× | 808 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Deshawn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Deshawn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Deshawn (1997).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data