Given name
DeShaun
“God is gracious”
In English use, DeShaun is a variant of Deshawn. One interpretation is “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, DeShaun is a variant of Deshawn. One interpretation is “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
DeShaun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,949
- 5,718 boys · 231 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 233 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,463 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,463 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 233 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,309 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
DeShaun’s family of names
In English usage, DeShaun has a related form in Deshawn. In German usage, DeShaun has a related form in Johannes.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named DeShaun
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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