Unisex name · since 1978
Raeshawn
351 babies named Raeshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,737 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 351
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raeshawn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 351 recorded since 1978.
Raeshawn has 351 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2023.
- #9,737 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 351 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raeshawn ranks #9,737 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 351 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,737 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 351
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raeshawn's 351 recorded births place it above 78.58% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raeshawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raeshawn splits its recorded history at 2002: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raeshawn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2023
- Peak year (1996)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Raeshawn popularity over time - girls
124 total births recorded since 1970 (Raeshawn as girls' name)
Raeshawn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (131 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Raeshawn's strongest decade.
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Raeshawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 131 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Raeshawn's decade-level peak was the 1990s (131 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raeshawn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raeshawn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.