Dashaun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dah-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Dashaun is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Dashaun mean?
Modern: Da- prefix added to Shaun
Formed with the prefix Da- and Shaun, an Irish form of John.
Is Dashaun a girl's or a boy's name?
Dashaun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dashaun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Dashaun, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Dashaun in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dashaun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 48 | #2,526 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 112 | #1,487 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,516 |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,272 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,255 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,271 |
| 2004 | 128 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,309 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,285 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,228 |
| 2000 | 118 | #1,163 |
| 1999 | 116 | #1,128 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,093 |
| 1997 | 106 | #1,151 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,314 |
| 1994 | 90 | #1,207 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,261 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,239 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,610 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
Names like Dashaun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arjun, Avi, Aj, Dhruv, Rishi, Ravi, Draven, Kash, Devin, Vivaan, Aryan, Aarav
Names related to Dashaun
Dashawn, Deshaun, Dasani, Deshun, Dayshawn, Dashon, Dasan, Daeshawn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dashaun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dashaun, updated 20 October 2026.