Dashawn Boy
How popular is Dashawn?
#2,539 boy name in 2025
52 baby boys were named Dashawn in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
Dashawn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,539 for boys (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 52 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,481 in 2015, #1,716 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (373 boys) |
| Highest rank | #524 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dashawn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dashawn family of names ranked #1,856 for boys in 2025 (#1,776 the year before), with 63 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dashawn | 52 | 83% |
| Dayshawn | 11 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dashawn is most popular
Babies named Dashawn per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
Dashawn by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 | #4,135 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,160 |
| 1980s | 762 | #778 |
| 1990s | 3,124 | #524 |
| 2000s | 3,043 | #596 |
| 2010s | 1,231 | #980 |
| 2020s | 410 | #1,716 |
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Questions
- Is Dashawn a boy or girl name?
- Dashawn is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dashawn were boys.
- How popular is the name Dashawn?
- 52 baby boys were named Dashawn in the US in 2025, making it the 2539th most popular boy name.
- When was Dashawn most popular?
- Dashawn peaked in 1994, when 373 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #524 in 1994.
- How many people are named Dashawn?
- 9,421 babies have been named Dashawn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,191 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Dashawn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dashawn was most common in Indiana, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.