Boys' name · since 1976

Dishan

Dishan has 33 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1976 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#25,110 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,974 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
33
born since 1976
2020s
peak decade

Dishan currently ranks #10974 among boys' names in America, with 33 babies recorded since 1976.

Social Security Administration records show Dishan recorded 33 times among boys since 1976, holding rank #10974 nationally today, ahead of 21% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.

  • #25,110 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,974 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 33 born since 1976
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dishan ranks #25,110 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,974 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 33 born since 1976, peaking in the 2020s.

#25,110 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,974 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
33
born since 1976
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%21.2%
Dishan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Dishan's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Dishan compares

33 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Dishan's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Dishan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 33 369 358,536
Peak-year births 6 34 22,252

Dishan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Dishan's full recorded timeline at 2020, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Dishan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1976)
6
Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
4.555.566.5 197620002019202020242025 6

Dishan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 48% of the file).

2020s was Dishan's strongest decade.

16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.

Dishan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (48% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dishan?
Dishan has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1976, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #25,110 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #10,974 of 13,930. 6 babies were born in 1976, its single highest year.
Where does Dishan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dishan ranks #25,110 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,974 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Dishan most popular?
Dishan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
How long has the name Dishan been used?
Records for Dishan go back to 1976, giving 50 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Dishan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dishon, Dishawn, Dison, Dishaun, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Dishan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dishan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.