Nyshawn — #10313 US boys' name
201 babies named Nyshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
68% of everyone ever named Nyshawn was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Nyshawn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nyshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Nyshawn between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nyshawn currently holds the #10313 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nyshawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Nyshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nyshawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nyshawn 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 201 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.
Nyshawn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nyshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2005)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #10313 among boys.
201 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 23 births in a single year.
Nyshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 136 births that decade — 68% of Nyshawn's all-time total
Nyshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Nyshawn's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Nyshawn by state
Where Nyshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.0% |
6 of 201 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.0% 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, 1997–2024 (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.