Recorded 1990–2015 Boys' name Peak 2001 263 births

Daishaun — boys' name

263 babies named Daishaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s842000s1502010s29
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Daishaun was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

20 babies were named Daishaun in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daishaun

The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Daishaun between 1990 and 2015, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daishaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daishaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Daishaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daishaun 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 263 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.

Daishaun at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

263

Since 1990

26 years of records

Peak year

2001

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1990

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2015

Daishaun popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1990

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2001)
20
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
0510152025 201520102007200420011998199519921990 5

Daishaun by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
150 births that decade — 57% of Daishaun's all-time total
1990s842000s1502010s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daishaun?
263 babies have been named Daishaun since 1990. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2001 with 20 births.
When was Daishaun most popular?
Daishaun was most popular in the 2000s decade with 150 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Daishaun been used?
Daishaun has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 26 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Daishaun?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dain, Daivd, Daimon, Daiquan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2015 (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.