Nayshawn — boys' name
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.
86% of everyone ever named Nayshawn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Nayshawn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nayshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Nayshawn between 2000 and 2012, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nayshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Nayshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nayshawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nayshawn 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 146 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.
Nayshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nayshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2000
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
146 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 17 births in a single year.
Nayshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 125 births that decade — 86% of Nayshawn's all-time total
Nayshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nayshawn's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.6% 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, 2000–2012 (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.