Ashawn — #7443 US boys' name
261 babies named Ashawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Ashawn was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ashawn in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ashawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 261 babies named Ashawn between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ashawn currently holds the #7443 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ashawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ashawn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ashawn 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 261 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.
Ashawn at a glance
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Current rank
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Ashawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2017)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #7443 among boys.
261 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 15 births in a single year.
Ashawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 104 births that decade — 40% of Ashawn's all-time total
Ashawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ashawn's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1995–2024 (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.