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Deshawn

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7% girls / 93% boys

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1997 was its best year: 563 births, or 1 baby in 6,438. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 61 of the 146 years since 1880. Its rank in 2025: No. 1663. 31% of all babies named Deshawn since 1880 were born in the 1990s.
16,074births since 1880
1990sgeneration
No. 411rank at its peak, in 1997

Where babies named Deshawn are born

1997

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The darker the blue, the more common Deshawn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Deshawn is most common in Michigan (3.2 times), Virginia (2.3) and Illinois (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1960s64%36%
1970s27%73%
1980s11%89%
1990s4%96%
2000s1%99%
2010s0%100%
2020s0%100%