Dushon — boys' name
34 babies named Dushon in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Dushon was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Dushon in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dushon
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Dushon between 1969 and 1996, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dushon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Dushon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dushon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dushon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dushon 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 34 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.
Dushon at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dushon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1969
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
34 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 11 births in a single year.
Dushon popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1966 (Dushon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dushon accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dushon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 13 births that decade — 38% of Dushon's all-time total
Dushon decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dushon's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1969–1996 (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.