Dayshawn — #7904 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dayshawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,345 babies named Dayshawn between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dayshawn currently holds the #7904 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 582 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dayshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 188 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dayshawn in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dayshawn 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 1,345 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.