girls:
26 births since 1976
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
350 births since 1991
#4236 (8th percentile)
overall:
376 births since 1976
#7363 (5th percentile)
The name Teshawn is the #7,363 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 376 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,236 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 350 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 1976.
Teshawn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Teshawn is available in 29 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 5 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 Teshawn has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.1% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1976 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1991 to 2023).
For boys, Teshawn reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #854) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Teshawn ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 27.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Teshawn reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #861) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teshawn".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Teshawn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.9% confident that Teshawn is pronounced as teh-SHAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEH-shawn, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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