Boys' name · since 1975
Vashaun
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 214 babies named Vashaun, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,550 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,372 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
214 babies have been named Vashaun since 1975, making it today's #12372 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vashaun has been recorded 214 times among boys since 1975, currently ranked #12372 nationally and more common than 11% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #12,550 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,372 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 214 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vashaun ranks #12,550 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,372 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 214 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,550 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,372 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 214
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Vashaun's 214 recorded births place it above 72.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vashaun compares
214 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vashaun's all-time total is 42% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vashaun | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 214 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Vashaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vashaun's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vashaun popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Vashaun popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1981 (Vashaun as girls' name)
Vashaun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (78 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Vashaun's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Vashaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 78 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Vashaun's data
- Vashaun's decade-level peak was the 2000s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Vashaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Vashaun 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.