Darshawn — boys' name
155 babies named Darshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Darshawn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Darshawn in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Darshawn between 1986 and 2013, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Darshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Darshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Darshawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darshawn 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 155 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.
Darshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1986
- Peak year (1995)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
155 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 12 births in a single year.
Darshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 53% of Darshawn's all-time total
Darshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darshawn's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Darshawn by state
Where Darshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 7 | 4.5% |
7 of 155 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2013 (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.