Recorded 1996–2019 Boys' name Peak 2008 224 births

Kyshaun — boys' name

224 babies named Kyshaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s442000s1282010s52
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Kyshaun was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

21 babies were named Kyshaun in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kyshaun

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Kyshaun between 1996 and 2019, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kyshaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyshaun performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kyshaun shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kyshaun 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 224 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.

Kyshaun at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

224

Since 1996

24 years of records

Peak year

2008

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1996

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kyshaun popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1996

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
21
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
0510152025 20192013201020072004200119981996 11

Kyshaun by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
128 births that decade — 57% of Kyshaun's all-time total
1990s442000s1282010s52

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kyshaun?
224 babies have been named Kyshaun since 1996. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 21 births.
When was Kyshaun most popular?
Kyshaun was most popular in the 2000s decade with 128 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Kyshaun been used?
Kyshaun has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 24 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kyshaun?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kyson, Kysen, Kyshawn, Kyser, and 4 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, 1996–2019 (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.