Deshun
Deshun was the 6906th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1756th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,320 places. More babies were named Deshun in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,906 boys, up 242 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199450 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,354babies recorded
Deshun popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 40 since 1969.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,906 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,148 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,836 | 27 |
| 2000 | #2,489 | 38 |
| 1990 | #2,638 | 25 |
| 1980 | #2,236 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,944 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Deshun, counting every spelling?
Deshun is a spelling of Deshon, a name family that had 27 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 27 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deshon | 15 | #5,923 | 103 |
| Deshun | 12 | #6,906 | 85 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Deshun?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Deshun (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Deshun 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Deshun.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Deshun?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Deshun are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 17 and 35. That makes Deshun 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.
Deshun by state
How common Deshun was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Deshun: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Deshun, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Deshun
How popular is the name Deshun?
Deshun was the 6906th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 1756th with 50 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,320 places. More babies were named Deshun in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Deshun a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Deshun in the US.
Where is Deshun most popular?
In 2021–2025, Deshun was most common in Mississippi (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Tennessee and Tennessee.