Dyshaun — boys' name
68 babies named Dyshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Dyshaun was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dyshaun in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dyshaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Dyshaun between 1985 and 2011, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dyshaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dyshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dyshaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dyshaun 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 68 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.
Dyshaun at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dyshaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1985
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
68 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 7 births in a single year.
Dyshaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 35 births that decade — 51% of Dyshaun's all-time total
Dyshaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dyshaun's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1985–2011 (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.