How Many People Are Named Deshawn?
people named Deshawn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,473 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,257 babies named Deshawn in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
591 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of the popular name prefix De and SHAWN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Deshawn, 6.7% were girls and 93.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Deshawn fell from 63.9% in the 1960s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Deshawn alive today is about 27 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Deshawn first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 1994, to 591 babies. In 2025, 100 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Deshawn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #408, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #1,663.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,663 |
| Best rank | #408 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #453 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Deshawn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Deshawn were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 1,536 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Deshawn was given 3.3 times as often in Michigan, 2.2 times in Virginia and 2.1 times in Louisiana.
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