Leshawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- luh-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Leshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Leshawn mean?
Modern: Le- prefix plus Shawn
Built on Shawn, a spelling of the Irish Sean (John), with the Le- prefix.
Is Leshawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Leshawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leshawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Leshawn, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Leshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1988, 48% of the babies named Leshawn in the US were girls.
Leshawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 27 | #1,827 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Leshawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Logan, Dylan, Landon, Deshawn, Lucas, Devin, Hassan, Nathan, Jordan, Christian, Jayden, Ryan
Names related to Leshawn
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Leshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leshawn, updated 20 October 2026.