Dishan
Dishan is an Asian given name. Notable people with the given name include:Xu Dishan, Chinese author, translator and folklorist Yugeesha Dishan, Sri Lankan cricketer
Meaning & Origin of Dishan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dishan is an Asian given name. Notable people with the given name include:Xu Dishan, Chinese author, translator and folklorist Yugeesha Dishan, Sri Lankan cricketer
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The Story of Dishan
The earliest SSA record of Dishan as a baby boy name dates back to 1976, when 6 babies received it. 1976 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Dishan — #4,936 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Dishan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Dishan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Dishan
Dishan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Dishan's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #4,936. Use the chart and map above to compare Dishan'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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