Dashaun — #4742 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dashaun

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,866 babies named Dashaun between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dashaun currently holds the #4742 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 138 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dashaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dashaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 238 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dashaun in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dashaun 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 2,866 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.