Recorded 1980–2020 Boys' name Peak 2001 296 births

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.

1980s381990s1232000s1092010s182020s8
1990s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Dyshawn was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

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 2020

Total births

296

Since 1980

41 years of records

Peak year

2001

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1980

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 2020

Dyshawn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1980

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2001)
19
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
05101520 20202008200420001996199219881980 5

Dyshawn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
123 births that decade — 42% of Dyshawn's all-time total
1980s381990s1232000s1092010s182020s8

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dyshawn?
296 babies have been named Dyshawn since 1980. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2001 with 19 births.
When was Dyshawn most popular?
Dyshawn was most popular in the 1990s decade with 123 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Dyshawn been used?
Dyshawn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 41 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Dyshawn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dyson, Dyshon, Dysen, Dyshaun, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.