Dreshawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dray-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Dreshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
Where does Dreshawn come from?
Modern: modern blend of Dre and Shawn
Is Dreshawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Dreshawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dreshawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Dreshawn, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Dreshawn than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Dreshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dreshawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
Nicknames for Dreshawn
- Dre 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Dreshawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayden, Draven, Kayden, Arjun, Jaylen, Daxton, Declan, Kylan, Aiden, River, Kash, Aryan
Names related to Dreshawn
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Dreshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dreshawn, updated 20 October 2026.