Boys' name · since 1977
Rason
59 babies named Rason in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
59 boys have been named Rason since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rason has 59 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2009.
- #21,025 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 59 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rason ranks #21,025 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 59
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rason's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rason's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rason splits its recorded history at 1996: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rason popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Rason by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (19 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Rason's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Rason births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 19 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rason: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 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, 1977–2009 (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 Rason 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.