Deshawn

How popular is Deshawn in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Deshawn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

How popular is Deshawn in the US?

Rank in 2025

1,663rd among boys

Babies in 2025

100 about 1 in 17,000 boys

Five-year trend

Falling down 41% in five years

Same name in a class

under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 100 boys in the US were named Deshawn, making it the 1,663rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,106th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 563 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.

2025 had fewer boys named Deshawn than any year since 1972.

Half of all the boys named Deshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 156 boys in the US were given Deshawn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,140, up from #1,663 for this spelling alone.

• Deshawn 100
• Deshaun 33
• Desean 23

In 1966, 66% of the babies named Deshawn in the US were girls. By 2010 it was 2%, with more boys than girls since 1972.