Mashawn — unisex name
62 babies named Mashawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
62 girls have been named Mashawn since 1970, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1981.
- 62
- total births
- 1970–1981
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 90%
- born in that decade
90% of everyone ever named Mashawn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Mashawn in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mashawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Mashawn between 1970 and 1981, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mashawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Mashawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 37 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mashawn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mashawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mashawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mashawn 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 62 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.
Mashawn at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mashawn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1970
- Peak year (1976)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
62 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 12 births in a single year.
Mashawn popularity over time — boys
37 total births recorded since 1973 (Mashawn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mashawn accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mashawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 56 births that decade — 90% of Mashawn's all-time total
Mashawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mashawn's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
Mashawn by state
Where Mashawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 8.1% |
5 of 62 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 8.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 8.1% 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, 1970–1981 (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.