Boys' name · since 1995
Ashawn
Ashawn has 261 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 261
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashawn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 261 have been recorded since 1995.
Ashawn has 261 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1995 to 2024.
- #11,408 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 261 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ashawn ranks #11,408 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,408 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 261
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ashawn's 261 recorded births place it above 74.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ashawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ashawn splits its recorded history at 2009: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ashawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2024
- Peak year (2017)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ashawn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Ashawn's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Ashawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Ashawn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- 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 Ashawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1995–2024 (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 Ashawn 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.