Vashon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Vashon

The Social Security Administration has registered 762 babies named Vashon between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vashon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 96 babies received it in a single year. Vashon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 69 additional births since 1973.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vashon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 287 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vashon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Vashon in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vashon 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 762 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.