Dyshawn — boys' name
296 babies named Dyshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Dyshawn was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Dyshawn in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dyshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Dyshawn between 1980 and 2020, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dyshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dyshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dyshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dyshawn 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 296 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.
Dyshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dyshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1980
- Peak year (2001)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
296 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 19 births in a single year.
Dyshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 123 births that decade — 42% of Dyshawn's all-time total
Dyshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dyshawn's strongest decade
123 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, 1980–2020 (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.