Dishon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dishon

The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Dishon between 1971 and 2017, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dishon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dishon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dishon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dishon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dishon 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 329 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.