Deshun
Deshun can be a given name or a middle name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Deshun
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deshun can be a given name or a middle name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Deshun
Deshun first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1969, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1994: 50 births, good for #1,753 nationwide. About 28% of every Deshun on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Deshun ranks #5,877 for baby boys with 15 births, gradually falling (-10%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Deshun
Deshun is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Deshun's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #1,753. Use the chart and map above to compare Deshun's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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