Deyshawn — boys' name
46 babies named Deyshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
46 boys have been named Deyshawn since 1994, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2008.
- 46
- total births
- 1994–2008
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Deyshawn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Deyshawn in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deyshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Deyshawn between 1994 and 2008, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deyshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deyshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Deyshawn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deyshawn 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 46 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.
Deyshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deyshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1994
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
46 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 8 births in a single year.
Deyshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 29 births that decade — 63% of Deyshawn's all-time total
Deyshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Deyshawn's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.