girls:
78 births since 1973
#5638 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1976
#3507 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1973
#6568 (15th percentile)
The name Kashawn is the #6,568 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,172 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 15.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,507 (23.5% percentile) for all time with 1,094 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,638 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 78 births since 1973.
Kashawn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Kashawn is available in 48 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (46 years for boys and 13 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kashawn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.3% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1983, the name was more popular for girls (54.7% girls from 1973 to 1982), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.6% boys from 1983 to 2023).
For boys, Kashawn reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #722) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 25 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kashawn ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 26.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kashawn reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #752) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kashawn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kashawn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Kashawn is pronounced as kuh-SHAWN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-SHAHN, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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