Mashawn
The Story of Mashawn
As a girl name
Mashawn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1970, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1976: 12 births, good for #4,905 nationwide. About 90% of every Mashawn on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Mashawn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 62 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Mashawn on the record books as a boy name in 1973, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 9 Mashawns were born — ranking #6,839 that year. About 46% of every Mashawn on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Mashawn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 37 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Mashawn
Phonetically similar names — useful when Mashawn is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Mashin
- Mission
- Machine
- Motion
- Mashing
- Machin
- Magin
- Majin
- Mushin
- Machon
- Maginn
- Masham
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Mashawn
Mashawn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 62 births in the dataset. Mashawn's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #4,905. Use the chart and map above to compare Mashawn'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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