Dushaun — boys' name
72 babies named Dushaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Dushaun was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Dushaun in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dushaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Dushaun between 1976 and 2004, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dushaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dushaun performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dushaun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dushaun 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 72 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.
Dushaun at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dushaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1976
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
72 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 8 births in a single year.
Dushaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 30 births that decade — 42% of Dushaun's all-time total
Dushaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dushaun's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1976–2004 (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.