Mishawn — unisex name
117 babies named Mishawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Mishawn was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mishawn in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mishawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Mishawn between 1964 and 1992, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mishawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Mishawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 76 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mishawn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mishawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mishawn 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 117 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.
Mishawn at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mishawn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1964
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
117 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 9 births in a single year.
Mishawn popularity over time — boys
76 total births recorded since 2000 (Mishawn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mishawn accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mishawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 46 births that decade — 39% of Mishawn's all-time total
Mishawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Mishawn's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–1992 (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.