Raekwan — boys' name
68 babies named Raekwan in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
84% of everyone ever named Raekwan was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Raekwan in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raekwan
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Raekwan between 1995 and 2000, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raekwan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raekwan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Raekwan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Raekwan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raekwan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Raekwan at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raekwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1995
- Peak year (1996)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
68 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 23 births in a single year.
Raekwan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 57 births that decade — 84% of Raekwan's all-time total
Raekwan decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Raekwan's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 84% of all-time use.
Raekwan by state
Where Raekwan concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.