Nyshawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ny-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Nyshawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Nyshawn come from?
Modern: Ny- prefix with Shawn
Is Nyshawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Nyshawn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nyshawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Nyshawn, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Nyshawn in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nyshawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Nyshawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Jayden, Aiden, Braylen, Zayden, Jamir, Nasir, Brayden, Kylan, Rayden, Jaylen, Nazir
Names related to Nyshawn
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Nyshawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nyshawn, updated 20 October 2026.