How Many People Are Named Dashawna?
An estimated 469 people in the United States have the first name Dashawna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Dashawna peaked in popularity in 1997 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dashawna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dashawna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
469
About 1 in 730,819 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
1997
29 births
Total Registered
483
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dashawna
Dashawna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 483 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dashawna as a female name
Ranked #16,119 in 2019
5 female births in 2019
Peak: 1997 (29 births)
Dashawna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dashawna span from the 1970s to the 2010s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 209 babies were registered. Dashawna has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dashawna by Decade
How has Dashawna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dashawna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dashawna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Dashawna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dashawna?
We estimate approximately 469 people named Dashawna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 730,819 Americans share this first name.
Is Dashawna a common name?
Dashawna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 483 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dashawna most popular?
Dashawna reached peak popularity in 1997, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dashawna is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dashawna a female name?
Dashawna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dashawna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dashawna Smith, Dashawna Johnson, Dashawna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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