Rayshawn — #4454 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rayshawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,967 babies named Rayshawn between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rayshawn currently holds the #4454 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rayshawn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 608 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayshawn in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayshawn 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 3,967 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.