Unisex name · since 1964
Mishawn
Since 1964, U.S. Social Security records show 117 babies named Mishawn, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 117
- total births
- 1964–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Mishawn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 117 have been recorded since 1964.
Mishawn has 117 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1992.
- 117 total births
- 1964–1992 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mishawn's 117 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mishawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mishawn's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1964, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mishawn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1992
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Mishawn popularity over time - boys
82 total births recorded since 2000 (Mishawn as boys' name)
Mishawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mishawn's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mishawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 46 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Mishawn's decade-level peak was the 1970s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mishawn: Baby Name Since 1964 - 117 Births, Peak 1970." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mishawn. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mishawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.