Dayshawn

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 59 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,356
since 1980

Dayshawn over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dayshawn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #1,672, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#7,76510
2023#5,66616
2022#5,63316
2021#6,03214
2020#6,29613
2019#6,40613
2018#8,1549
2017#5,52616
2016#7,15711
2015#5,74615
2014#4,53821
2013#4,06424
2012#3,62529
2011#4,11024
2010#2,95839
2009#2,34855
2008#2,06267
2007#2,30456
2006#2,10262
2005#1,81371
2004#1,97461
2003#1,93660
2002#2,04653
2001#2,24945
2000#1,96852
1999#2,16243
1998#1,68061
1997#1,67259
1996#2,07341
1995#13,3865#1,78249
1994#1,85146
1993#2,00740
1992#2,41230
1991#2,19033
1990#2,55326
1989#3,80914
1988#4,16211
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five boys were named Dayshawn! It came in at #5,525, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981–1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Dayshawn
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 571 spots since 2024 (#7,765#7,194)
  • 898 spots since 2020 (#6,296#7,194)
  • 1,448 spots since 2015 (#5,746#7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,672 (59 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,131
  • Highest: 1 in 28,131 boys born in 2005 were named Dayshawn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,672 in 1997, was only 1 in 31,952 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 42.9% of all boys named Dayshawn (582) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s65#2,437 (1984)#4,479
1990s428#1,672 (1997)#2,038
2000s582#1,813 (2005)#2,080
2010s201#2,958 (2010)#5,228
2020s80#5,633 (2022)#6,431

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dayshawn in 1995

girls
#13,386
5 births · 1 in 351,710 girls
boys
#1,782
49 births · 1 in 38,851 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #13,386Dayshawn5

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,782Dayshawn49
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 351,710 of them was named Dayshawn, which outranked 15.0% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dayshawn
  1. #11,783Ziara6
  2. #11,783Zierra6
  3. #11,783Zohra6
  4. #13,386Dayshawn5
  5. #13,386Aailiyah5
  6. #13,386Aalia5
  7. #13,386Aalijah5

Tied with 2,367 names at #13,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 38,851 of them was named Dayshawn, which outranked 82.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dayshawn
  1. #1,758Yoel50
  2. #1,758Zacharia50
  3. #1,758Zaid50
  4. #1,782Dayshawn49
  5. #1,782Arian49
  6. #1,782Dimitrios49
  7. #1,782Dirk49
  8. #1,801Aden48
  9. #1,801Anson48
  10. #1,801Brien48

Tied with 18 names at #1,782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995