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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Dashaun

Dashaun was the 4742nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1099th; the most babies were born in 2007 (138). Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Dashaun in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,742 boys, down 573 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
21boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2007138 babies
Total since 1880
2,920babies recorded

Dashaun popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 32 since 1981.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#4,74221
2020#4,16924
2010#1,98669
2000#1,165118
1990#1,52156
1980#2,38221
1970——
1960——
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How popular is Dashaun, counting every spelling?

Dashaun has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Dashaun?

21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dashaun (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dashaun born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dashaun.

Chance of another Dashaun in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Dashaun?

About 2,800 people born in the US named Dashaun are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 18 and 31. That makes Dashaun mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Dashaun: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dashaun, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Dashaun

How popular is the name Dashaun?

Dashaun was the 4742nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 1099th; the most babies were born in 2007 (138). Over the last ten years it has moved down 315 places. More babies were named Dashaun in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Dashaun a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dashaun in the US.