Dreshawn — #12865 US boys' name
722 babies named Dreshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Dreshawn was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Dreshawn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dreshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 722 babies named Dreshawn between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dreshawn currently holds the #12865 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dreshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dreshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dreshawn in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dreshawn 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 722 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.
Dreshawn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dreshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2003)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #12865 among boys.
722 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 50 births in a single year.
Dreshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 277 births that decade — 38% of Dreshawn's all-time total
Dreshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 277 births
- Runner-up 212 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dreshawn's strongest decade
277 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Dreshawn by state
Where Dreshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
7 of 722 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.7% of nationwide
- South Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.