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Delshawn

Gender
Boy
Say it
del-SHAWN
Origin
Modern

Delshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Delshawn mean?

Modern: Del- prefix + Shawn

Combines Del- with Shawn, a spelling of Sean, the Irish form of John.

Is Delshawn a girl's or a boy's name?

Delshawn is a boys' name.

How popular is Delshawn in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.

Half of all the boys named Delshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1972Busiest: 23 in 19942016
Delshawn in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20167#9,659
20150–
20145#12,102
20130–
20120–
20117#9,593
20105#12,224
20096#10,989
20080–
20078#8,909
200610#7,422
20057#9,108
20047#8,921
20038#7,824
200210#6,515
200112#5,660
200010#6,309
19998#7,132
199810#5,834
199715#4,241
199619#3,543
199510#5,495
199423#3,024
199319#3,362
199215#3,912
199113#4,223
19909#5,375
19896#6,934
198810#4,445
19876#6,083
198610#4,126
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19805#6,248
19795#6,054
19786#5,056
19777#4,580
19766#4,933
19750–
19745#5,225
19730–
19725#4,983

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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, “Delshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delshawn, updated 20 October 2026.