Arshawn — boys' name
113 babies named Arshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
113 boys have been named Arshawn since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 113
- total births
- 1997–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Arshawn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Arshawn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Arshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Arshawn between 1997 and 2020, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Arshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Arshawn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 113 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Arshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Arshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1997
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
113 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 12 births in a single year.
Arshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 51 births that decade — 45% of Arshawn's all-time total
Arshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Arshawn's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.