# Deshaun (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deshaun/  
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 | 5,949 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,718 / 231 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 63, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 10,907 |
| 1983 | 10 | 6,337 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,393 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,728 |
| 1987 | 8 | 8,193 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,527 |
| 1989 | 5 | 12,905 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,539 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,546 |
| 1993 | 6 | 12,181 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,302 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,030 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10,873 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,154 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,881 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125 | 1,352 |
| 2012 | 103 | 1,547 |
| 2013 | 76 | 1,868 |
| 2014 | 85 | 1,770 |
| 2015 | 89 | 1,731 |
| 2016 | 82 | 1,832 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 85 | 1,795 |
| 2019 | 74 | 1,981 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,098 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,418 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,446 |
| 2023 | 62 | 2,278 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,121 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3,463 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## People named Deshaun

- Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Deshaun Watson, American football player (born 1995)
- Proof, American rapper (1973–2006)

## 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.