Unisex name · since 1968
Dashawn
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 8,880 babies named Dashawn, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,880
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashawn currently ranks #2554 among unisex names in America, with 8,880 babies recorded since 1968.
Dashawn has 8,880 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2554 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #1,297 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,554 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,880 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashawn ranks #1,297 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,554 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,880 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,297 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,880
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashawn's 8,880 recorded births place it above 97.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Dashawn compares
8,880 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dashawn's all-time total is 24x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dashawn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,880 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 373 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dashawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dashawn's full recorded timeline at 1997, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 373 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dashawn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 373
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Dashawn popularity over time - girls
541 total births recorded since 1968 (Dashawn as girls' name)
Dashawn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,124 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Dashawn's strongest decade.
3,124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Dashawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 300
1970s
300 births
- 1980s 762
1980s
762 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,124 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,043 births
- 2010s 1,231
2010s
1,231 births
- 2020s 410
2020s
410 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,124 births (35% of all-time use).
How Dashawn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dashawn's total volume
Dashawn by state
Where Dashawn concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,184 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 531 | 6.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 490 | 5.5% |
| #4 | California | | 464 | 5.2% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 433 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 424 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 400 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 379 | 4.3% |
1,184 of 8,880 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Dashawn appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dashawn's data
- Dashawn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,124 total births); usage has since declined to 410 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Dashawns (1,184 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dashawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dashawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.