How Many People Are Named Deshon?

2,613

people named Deshon are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 130,801 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,718 babies named Deshon in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,667

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,109

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Peak Year

1997

99 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
6.0%
Male
94.0%

Of the babies given the name Deshon, 6% were girls and 94% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Deshon fell from 20.8% in the 1970s to 0% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Deshon alive today is about 29 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 38 in 2025.

Under 30 1,341
51.3%
30 to 59 1,272
48.7%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Deshon first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 1997, to 99 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Deshon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,176, in 1993. In 2025 it ranked #5,920.

Boys
Rank in 2025#5,920
Best rank#1,176 (1993)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,294 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Deshon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Deshon were born in California than in any other state: about 232 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Deshon was given 4.4 times as often in Georgia, 3.7 times in Illinois and 3 times in Michigan.

California 232
Illinois 143
Georgia 108
Michigan 87
Texas 65
North Carolina 41
Florida 36
Ohio 27
Missouri 23
New York 23
New Jersey 14
Wisconsin 12
Louisiana 10
South Carolina 5
Virginia 5
Maryland 5

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