Deshawna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deshawna

The Social Security Administration has registered 646 babies named Deshawna between 1969 and 2016, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deshawna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deshawna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 230 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Deshawna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Deshawna in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deshawna 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 646 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.