Boys' name · since 2000
Nayshawn
146 babies named Nayshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nayshawn is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 146 have been recorded since 2000.
Nayshawn has 146 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2012.
- #14,937 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nayshawn ranks #14,937 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,937 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nayshawn's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Nayshawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nayshawn's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nayshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2012
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Nayshawn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 86% of the file).
2000s was Nayshawn's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Nayshawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (86% of all-time use).
Nayshawn by state
Where Nayshawn concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 11.6% |
17 of 146 births nationwide.
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- Nayshawn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Nayshawns (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nayshawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2000–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Nayshawn 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 August 2026.