Boys' name · since 1980
Dyshawn
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 296 babies named Dyshawn, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 296
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
296 boys have been named Dyshawn since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dyshawn has 296 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2020.
- #10,665 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 296 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dyshawn ranks #10,665 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 296 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,665 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 296
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dyshawn's 296 recorded births place it above 76.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dyshawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dyshawn's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dyshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2020
- Peak year (2001)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Dyshawn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (123 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Dyshawn's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Dyshawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
123 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 123 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Dyshawn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dyshawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dyshawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.