girls:
15 births since 1973
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
340 births since 1979
#4246 (7th percentile)
overall:
355 births since 1973
#7384 (5th percentile)
The name Tashon is the #7,384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 355 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,246 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 340 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1973.
Tashon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Tashon is available in 34 out of the 50 years between 1973 and 2022 (32 years for boys and 3 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 Tashon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.8% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1973 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (98.6% boys from 1979 to 2022).
For boys, Tashon reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #792) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Tashon reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #821) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tashon".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Tashon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.3% confident that Tashon is pronounced as TA-shuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tah-SHAWN, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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