Daishawn — #12815 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Daishawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Daishawn between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daishawn currently holds the #12815 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daishawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 238 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Daishawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Daishawn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daishawn 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 555 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.