Holding steady.
Popularity of Taishawn since 1991
Babies named Taishawn per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 30 |
| 2000s | 72 |
| 2010s | 11 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Taishawn is a modern American name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991, reflecting the late 20th-century trend of blending familiar sounds and names to create new, distinctive given names. The name reached its peak usage in 2005, though it has never cracked the top 1000 national rankings. Its trajectory has remained stable, with consistent but low-level use over the decades. Taishawn is typically pronounced as tay-SHAWN, and its spelling variations like Tayshawn and TaeShawn show the creative phonetic spelling common in contemporary naming. While its exact meaning is unclear, the name carries a modern, rhythmic quality that fits well with other invented names of its era.
Taishawn is a modern American coinage that first appeared in the early 1990s. It follows a pattern of creating names by combining a fashionable prefix or syllable with an established name, in this case Shawn (itself an anglicization of Irish Seán). The name has never ranked among the top 1000 U.S. names, remaining a rare and distinctive choice.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Tay, Shawn, T
Sibling names for Taishawn
Names that share Taishawn's style, for a brother or sister.
