Leshawn
Leshawn was the 11461st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1856th with 27 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,820 places. More babies were named Leshawn in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,461 boys, down 2,241 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197627 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,118babies recorded
Leshawn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #11,461 | — | 6 |
| 2020 | — | #9,220 | — | 8 |
| 2010 | — | #5,925 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #5,474 | — | 13 |
| 1990 | #14,245 | #3,710 | 5 | 16 |
| 1980 | #5,118 | #2,253 | 14 | 23 |
| 1970 | #3,507 | #3,704 | 18 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Leshawn, counting every spelling?
Leshawn has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Leshawn?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Leshawn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Leshawn 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Leshawn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Leshawn?
About 800 people born in the US named Leshawn are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 20 and 46. That makes Leshawn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Leshawn by state
How common Leshawn was among boys born in each state in 1974–1978, around its peak. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Leshawn
How popular is the name Leshawn?
Leshawn was the 11461st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1856th with 27 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,820 places. More babies were named Leshawn in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Leshawn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Leshawn in the US.
Where was Leshawn most popular?
In 1974–1978, Leshawn was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys).