Rahsaan — #11128 US boys' name
1,614 babies named Rahsaan in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Rahsaan was born in this single decade.
116 babies were named Rahsaan in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rahsaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,614 babies named Rahsaan between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rahsaan currently holds the #11128 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 116 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahsaan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 736 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rahsaan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 216 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rahsaan in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rahsaan 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 1,614 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.
Rahsaan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Rahsaan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (1973)
- 116
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #11128 among boys.
1,614 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 116 births in a single year.
Rahsaan popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1976 (Rahsaan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rahsaan accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rahsaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 736 births that decade — 46% of Rahsaan's all-time total
Rahsaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 736 births
- Runner-up 266 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rahsaan's strongest decade
736 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Rahsaan by state
Where Rahsaan concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 216 | 13.4% |
| #2 | California | | 116 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 65 | 4.0% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 65 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 17 | 1.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 6 | 0.4% |
216 of 1,614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.4% of nationwide
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rahsaan appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.