Deshun is a rare variant of Deshawn that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Deshun is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,906 for boy births in the United States (and #14,520 across all names), given to 12 babies. Deshun first appears in 1969 and peaked in 1994 (50 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,906 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,982 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,302 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,902 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,669 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,148 |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,889 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,248 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,116 |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,909 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,586 |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,040 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,358 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,535 |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,916 |
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,836 |
| 2009 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,656 |
| 2008 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,959 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,926 |
| 2006 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,670 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,256 |
| 2004 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,854 |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,008 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,771 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,879 |
| 2000 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,489 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,625 |
| 1998 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,044 |
| 1997 | 46 | — | — | #1,970 |
| 1996 | 39 | — | — | #2,155 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | — | #2,109 |
| 1994 | 50 | — | — | #1,756 |
| 1993 | 37 | — | — | #2,134 |
| 1992 | 29 | — | — | #2,479 |
| 1991 | 32 | — | — | #2,250 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | — | #2,638 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | — | #2,631 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | — | #2,706 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | #11,781 | #3,236 |
| 1986 | 22 | — | — | #2,447 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | — | #3,454 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | — | #3,135 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #10,694 | #3,109 |
| 1982 | 16 | — | — | #2,875 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,664 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | — | #2,254 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | — | #2,702 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | — | #3,078 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | — | #2,533 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #9,435 | #3,293 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | — | #2,301 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | #8,585 | #2,565 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,655 | — |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #5,949 | #3,944 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #6,110 | #3,680 |