Rashawn — #3054 US boys' name
6,371 babies named Rashawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Rashawn was born in this single decade.
248 babies were named Rashawn in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,371 babies named Rashawn between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rashawn currently holds the #3054 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 248 babies received it in a single year. Rashawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 709 additional births since 1966.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rashawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 986 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashawn in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashawn 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 6,371 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.
Rashawn at a glance
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Rashawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (1995)
- 248
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #3054 among boys.
6,371 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 248 births in a single year.
Rashawn popularity over time — girls
709 total births recorded since 1966 (Rashawn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rashawn accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rashawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 2,128 births that decade — 33% of Rashawn's all-time total
Rashawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,128 births
- Runner-up 1,466 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rashawn's strongest decade
2,128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Rashawn by state
Where Rashawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 986 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 470 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 425 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 352 | 5.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 337 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 312 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 263 | 4.1% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 225 | 3.5% |
986 of 6,371 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rashawn appears in 27 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, 1967–2024 (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.