Deshun Boy
How popular is Deshun?
#6,799 boy name in 2025
12 baby boys were named Deshun in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
Deshun popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,799 for boys (▼ 900 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,543 in 2015, #7,029 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (50 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,748 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| 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 |
Deshun counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Deshon family of names ranked #3,074 for boys in 2025 (#2,884 the year before), with 27 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Deshon | 15 | 56% |
| Deshun | 12 | 44% |
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 Deshun is most popular
Babies named Deshun per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
Deshun by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 130 | #2,235 |
| 1980s | 173 | #2,213 |
| 1990s | 376 | #1,748 |
| 2000s | 328 | #2,471 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,811 |
| 2020s | 96 | #3,647 |
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Questions
- Is Deshun a boy or girl name?
- Deshun is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Deshun were boys.
- How popular is the name Deshun?
- 12 baby boys were named Deshun in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
- When was Deshun most popular?
- Deshun peaked in 1994, when 50 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,748 in 1994.
- How many people are named Deshun?
- 1,354 babies have been named Deshun in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,313 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Deshun most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Deshun was most common in Mississippi, 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.