Dashawn
Dashawn was the 2543rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 526th with 373 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,061 places. More babies were named Dashawn in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,543 boys, down 822 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1994373 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,421babies recorded
Dashawn popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 541 since 1968.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,543 | 52 |
| 2020 | #1,721 | 90 |
| 2010 | #980 | 201 |
| 2000 | #599 | 329 |
| 1990 | #732 | 194 |
| 1980 | #1,577 | 38 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Dashawn, counting every spelling?
Dashawn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Dashawn?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dashawn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dashawn 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 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dashawn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dashawn?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Dashawn are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 19 and 32. That makes Dashawn mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Dashawn by state
How common Dashawn was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (3.1×), Illinois (2.4×). In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dashawn: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dashawn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Dashawn
How popular is the name Dashawn?
Dashawn was the 2543rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 526th with 373 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,061 places. More babies were named Dashawn in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Dashawn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dashawn in the US.
Where is Dashawn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Dashawn was most common in Indiana (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Illinois.