Deshawn

Girl · recorded 1962–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1973best year

Most popular in 1973.

Last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Deshawn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1962

0275319621974198619982010

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 44 recorded years as a table
Deshawn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19623
19635
19659
196612
196714
196824
196924
197033
197149
197234
197353
197438
197533
197619
197723
197826
197917
198013
198116
198214
198317
198412
198513
198610
198717
198815
198915
199014
199117
199216
199315
199417
199514
199611
19977
199813
19995
20007
20015
20033
20063
20073
20093
20103

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deshawn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
6
Rank in 2010
#14,959
How rare
1 in 296,265 girls
Since 1962
1,183

Deshawn was last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1973, at 53 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Deshawn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.