Boys' name · since 1971
Dashon
Dashon has 1,615 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,764 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,923 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,615
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashon currently ranks #10923 among boys' names in America, with 1,615 babies recorded since 1971.
Dashon has 1,615 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10923 as of the latest data, more common than 22% 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 1971 to 2025.
- #3,764 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,923 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,615 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashon ranks #3,764 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,923 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,615 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,764 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,923 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,615
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashon's 1,615 recorded births place it above 91.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New Jersey.
How Dashon compares
1,615 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Dashon's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dashon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,615 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 68 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dashon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dashon splits its recorded history at 1998: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dashon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Dashon popularity over time - girls
33 total births recorded since 1973 (Dashon as girls' name)
Dashon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (583 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Dashon's strongest decade.
583 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Dashon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 98
1970s
98 births
- 1980s 199
1980s
199 births
- 1990s
1990s
583 births
- 2000s
2000s
450 births
- 2010s 222
2010s
222 births
- 2020s 63
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 583 births (36% of all-time use).
How Dashon 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 Dashon's total volume
Dashon by state
Where Dashon concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 139 | 8.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 54 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 39 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 38 | 2.4% |
| #5 | California | | 37 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 20 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 20 | 1.2% |
139 of 1,615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Dashon appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dashon's data
- Dashon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (583 total births); usage has since declined to 63 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Dashons (139 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Dashon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Dashon 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.