Vashawn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vuh-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Vashawn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Vashawn come from?
Modern: Va- prefix with Shawn, the Irish form of John
Is Vashawn a girl's or a boy's name?
Vashawn 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 Vashawn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Vashawn, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Vashawn in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vashawn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
Nicknames for Vashawn
- Shawn 21 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Vashawn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aj Vivaan Avi Ravi Rishi Viraj Arjun Vihaan Vikram Krishiv Dhruv Aarav
Names related to Vashawn
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Vashawn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vashawn, updated 20 October 2026.