Tashawn — #6550 US boys' name
1,516 babies named Tashawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Tashawn was born in this single decade.
91 babies were named Tashawn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tashawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,516 babies named Tashawn between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tashawn currently holds the #6550 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 91 babies received it in a single year. Tashawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 273 additional births since 1968.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tashawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 675 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tashawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 141 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Tashawn in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tashawn 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 1,516 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.
Tashawn at a glance
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Current rank
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Tashawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2005)
- 91
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #6550 among boys.
1,516 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 91 births in a single year.
Tashawn popularity over time — girls
273 total births recorded since 1968 (Tashawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tashawn accounts for 15% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tashawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 675 births that decade — 45% of Tashawn's all-time total
Tashawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 675 births
- Runner-up 389 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tashawn's strongest decade
675 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Tashawn by state
Where Tashawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 141 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 74 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 49 | 3.2% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 40 | 2.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 39 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 20 | 1.3% |
141 of 1,516 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.3% of nationwide
- Virginia 4.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tashawn appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1975–2024 (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.