Kshawn — #12868 US boys' name
293 babies named Kshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Kshawn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kshawn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Kshawn between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kshawn currently holds the #12868 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kshawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kshawn 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 293 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.
Kshawn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #12868 among boys.
293 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 17 births in a single year.
Kshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 107 births that decade — 37% of Kshawn's all-time total
Kshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kshawn's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Kshawn by state
Where Kshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 3.8% |
11 of 293 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.