Boys' name · since 1997
Ashaun
Ashaun has 193 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,175 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,214 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashaun currently ranks #11214 among boys' names in America, with 193 babies recorded since 1997.
Ashaun has 193 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11214 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #13,175 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,214 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 193 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashaun ranks #13,175 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,214 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 193 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,175 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,214 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 193
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashaun's 193 recorded births place it above 70.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ashaun compares
193 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ashaun's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ashaun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 193 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ashaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ashaun's full recorded timeline at 2011, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ashaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Ashaun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (84 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Ashaun's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ashaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ashaun's data
- Ashaun's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ashaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ashaun draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.