Dushawn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dushawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 440 babies named Dushawn between 1967 and 2017, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dushawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dushawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dushawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dushawn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dushawn 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 440 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.