Deshun

Last seen for girls in 1987 at #11,325 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 97.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,753
1994 · 50 births
Debut · boys
1969
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,314
since 1969

Deshun over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #1,753, 1994boys
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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—#6,80312
2024—#5,90415
2023—#5,25518
2022—#7,76810
2021—#3,65130
2020—#7,03411
2019—#5,81315
2018—#7,13611
2017—#6,06014
2016—#3,88327
2015—#4,54521
2014—#4,01425
2013—#4,31322
2012—#5,48216
2011—#3,88526
2010—#3,81227
2009—#3,63929
2008—#3,92126
2007—#3,89326
2006—#2,65944
2005—#3,24131
2004—#2,84336
2003—#2,99332
2002—#2,75534
2001—#2,86432
2000—#2,47638
1999—#2,60833
1998—#2,04046
1997—#1,96446
1996—#2,14539
1995—#2,10239
1994—#1,75350
1993—#2,12337
1992—#2,46729
1991—#2,22732
1990—#2,62825
1989—#2,61524
1988—#2,68221
1987#11,3255#3,20115
1986—#2,42922
1985—#3,40113
1984—#3,10714
1983#10,2755#3,07114
1982—#2,83116
1981—#3,60111
1980—#2,21323
1979—#2,23622
1978—#2,66916
1977—#3,03713
1976—#2,50817
1975#9,0675#3,24611
1974—#2,27718
1973—#2,85712
1972#8,2925#2,53414
1971#8,3245—
1970#5,8188#3,8367
1969#5,9747#3,5957
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Deshun! It came in at #3,595, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Deshun is popular in 1969

No state had 5 or more boys named Deshun in 1969, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Deshun
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 899 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #6,803)
  • 231 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #6,803)
  • 2,258 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1994 at #1,753 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 18 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 38,641
  • Highest: 1 in 38,641 boys born in 1994 were named Deshun (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 28.6% of all boys named Deshun (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s7#3,595 (1969)#3,595
1970s130#2,236 (1979)#2,800
1980s173#2,213 (1980)#2,915
1990s376#1,753 (1994)#2,206
2000s328#2,476 (2000)#3,128
2010s204#3,812 (2010)#4,894
2020s96#3,651 (2021)#6,069

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.

Deshun in 1969

girls
#5,974
7 births · 1 in 241,002 girls
boys
#3,595
7 births · 1 in 255,453 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #5,974Deshun7

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #3,595Deshun7
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 241,002 of them was named Deshun, which outranked 31.4% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deshun
  1. #5,456Yvonda8
  2. #5,456Zan8
  3. #5,456Zorina8
  4. #5,974Deshun7
  5. #5,974Abril7
  6. #5,974Adah7
  7. #5,974Adalia7
  8. #6,617Abagail6
  9. #6,617Acquanetta6
  10. #6,617Adaline6

Tied with 642 names at #5,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 255,453 of them was named Deshun, which outranked 28.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Deshun
  1. #3,314Yvon8
  2. #3,314Zak8
  3. #3,314Zeno8
  4. #3,595Deshun7
  5. #3,595Abdullah7
  6. #3,595Abimael7
  7. #3,595Adair7
  8. #3,935Abdon6
  9. #3,935Able6
  10. #3,935Acey6

Tied with 339 names at #3,595; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →