Delshawn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Delshawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 314 babies named Delshawn between 1972 and 2016, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Delshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Delshawn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delshawn 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 314 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.