Boys' name · since 1998
Nyshaun
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Nyshaun, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyshaun is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 84 have been recorded since 1998.
Nyshaun has 84 recorded births among boys since 1998, 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 1998 to 2020.
- #18,580 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nyshaun ranks #18,580 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,580 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Nyshaun's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nyshaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nyshaun's full recorded timeline at 2008, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nyshaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2020
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Nyshaun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Nyshaun's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Nyshaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Nyshaun's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nyshaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1998–2020 (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 Nyshaun 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.