Neshawn — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neshawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Neshawn between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Neshawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1974.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Neshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neshawn 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 64 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.