Deshawna

Girl · recorded 1969–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 1998best year

Most popular in 1998.

Last recorded in 2016. 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 Deshawna.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

081619691981199320042016

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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 45 recorded years as a table
Deshawna, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19693
19703
19714
19723
19733
197410
19758
19768
19778
19784
19799
19807
19819
19827
19838
19845
19859
198610
19875
198812
19899
199013
199113
199213
19937
199413
199511
199613
199714
199816
199915
200013
20016
200212
200310
200410
200510
20067
20073
20087
20094
20106
20113
20144
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Deshawna 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 2016
6
Rank in 2016
#14,331
How rare
1 in 295,337 girls
Since 1969
646

Deshawna was last recorded in 2016. 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 1998, at 16 per million girls born.

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

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