# Dashawn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dashawn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,421 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,880 / 541 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of DeShawn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16 | 5,616 |
| 1991 | 18 | 5,228 |
| 1992 | 28 | 3,797 |
| 1993 | 24 | 4,287 |
| 1994 | 28 | 3,814 |
| 1995 | 30 | 3,607 |
| 1996 | 16 | 5,850 |
| 1997 | 27 | 4,034 |
| 1998 | 23 | 4,675 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7,846 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8,161 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,420 |
| 2002 | 16 | 6,789 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,098 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,321 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 160 | 1,133 |
| 2012 | 170 | 1,095 |
| 2013 | 122 | 1,378 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,378 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,482 |
| 2016 | 94 | 1,678 |
| 2017 | 86 | 1,783 |
| 2018 | 84 | 1,810 |
| 2019 | 78 | 1,903 |
| 2020 | 90 | 1,721 |
| 2021 | 79 | 1,920 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,026 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,324 |
| 2024 | 54 | 2,509 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,543 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |

## People named Dashawn

- Lil Loaded, American rapper (2000–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.