Dashon — #5493 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dashon

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,609 babies named Dashon between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dashon currently holds the #5493 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dashon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dashon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 139 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Dashon in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dashon 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 1,609 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.