Deshawn is an established boys' name that peaked in 1994 and has since faded.
Deshawn is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,663 for boy births in the United States (and #3,536 across all names), given to 100 babies. Deshawn first appears in 1962 and peaked in 1997 (563 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,663 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,432 |
| 2023 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,474 |
| 2022 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,415 |
| 2021 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,351 |
| 2020 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,106 |
| 2019 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,113 |
| 2018 | 234 | 234 | — | #918 |
| 2017 | 187 | 187 | — | #1,061 |
| 2016 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,091 |
| 2015 | 204 | 204 | — | #1,001 |
| 2014 | 249 | 249 | — | #873 |
| 2013 | 264 | 264 | — | #820 |
| 2012 | 307 | 307 | — | #747 |
| 2011 | 307 | 307 | — | #738 |
| 2010 | 376 | 376 | #15,478 | #651 |
| 2009 | 356 | 356 | #18,043 | #691 |
| 2008 | 422 | 422 | — | #595 |
| 2007 | 453 | 453 | #18,377 | #574 |
| 2006 | 516 | 516 | #17,862 | #508 |
| 2005 | 381 | 381 | — | #592 |
| 2004 | 422 | 422 | — | #546 |
| 2003 | 473 | 473 | #16,438 | #514 |
| 2002 | 396 | 396 | — | #562 |
| 2001 | 453 | 453 | #10,337 | #510 |
| 2000 | 493 | 493 | #7,705 | #487 |
| 1999 | 453 | 453 | #10,615 | #493 |
| 1998 | 566 | 566 | #4,681 | #426 |
| 1997 | 575 | — | #7,405 | #411 |
| 1996 | 504 | — | #5,119 | #452 |
| 1995 | 542 | — | #4,131 | #444 |
| 1994 | 591 | — | #3,554 | #408 |
| 1993 | 529 | — | #3,900 | #438 |
| 1992 | 524 | — | #3,603 | #447 |
| 1991 | 506 | — | #3,384 | #453 |
| 1990 | 435 | — | #3,931 | #481 |
| 1989 | 341 | — | #3,594 | #550 |
| 1988 | 315 | — | #3,611 | #539 |
| 1987 | 268 | — | #3,196 | #586 |
| 1986 | 243 | — | #4,392 | #591 |
| 1985 | 226 | — | #3,758 | #612 |
| 1984 | 197 | — | #3,761 | #651 |
| 1983 | 199 | — | #2,926 | #656 |
| 1982 | 166 | — | #3,549 | #724 |
| 1981 | 170 | — | #3,163 | #724 |
| 1980 | 180 | — | #3,746 | #688 |
| 1979 | 201 | — | #3,013 | #651 |
| 1978 | 218 | — | #2,279 | #625 |
| 1977 | 199 | — | #2,468 | #659 |
| 1976 | 166 | — | #2,743 | #712 |
| 1975 | 210 | — | #1,885 | #638 |
| 1974 | 214 | — | #1,654 | #643 |
| 1973 | 211 | — | #1,304 | #694 |
| 1972 | 151 | — | #1,728 | #798 |
| 1971 | 160 | — | #1,316 | #922 |
| 1970 | 111 | — | #1,622 | #1,135 |
| 1969 | 72 | — | #1,958 | #1,449 |
| 1968 | 68 | — | #1,919 | #1,461 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #2,569 | #2,823 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | #2,691 | #2,511 |
| 1965 | 16 | — | #3,170 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,358 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,622 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #6,808 | — |