girls:
53 births since 1973
#5663 (1st percentile)
boys:
899 births since 1975
#3690 (19th percentile)
overall:
952 births since 1973
#6787 (12th percentile)
The name Nashawn is the #6,787 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 952 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 12.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,690 (19.5% percentile) for all time with 899 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,663 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1973.
Nashawn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Nashawn is available in 46 out of the 50 years between 1973 and 2022 (43 years for boys and 9 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 Nashawn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (66.7% girls from 1973 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (95.4% boys from 1976 to 2022).
For boys, Nashawn reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #812) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 31 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Nashawn reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #819) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Nashawn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Nashawn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.2% confident that Nashawn is pronounced as nuh-SHAWN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is NA-shawn, at 25.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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