Deshannon — unisex name

What the Data Says About Deshannon

The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Deshannon between 1969 and 1994, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshannon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Deshannon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 114 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshannon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deshannon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deshannon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deshannon 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 193 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.