Tishawn — boys' name
228 babies named Tishawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Tishawn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Tishawn in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tishawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Tishawn between 1976 and 2021, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tishawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Tishawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 1970.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tishawn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tishawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tishawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tishawn 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 228 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.
Tishawn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tishawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1976
- Peak year (1999)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
228 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 17 births in a single year.
Tishawn popularity over time — girls
52 total births recorded since 1970 (Tishawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tishawn accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tishawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 92 births that decade — 40% of Tishawn's all-time total
Tishawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tishawn's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Tishawn by state
Where Tishawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 228 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% 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, 1976–2021 (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.