Recorded 1976–2019 Unisex name Peak 1997 428 births

Reshawn — boys' name

428 babies named Reshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s161980s921990s1462000s1132010s61
1990s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Reshawn was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

19 babies were named Reshawn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Reshawn

The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Reshawn between 1976 and 2019, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Reshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Reshawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Reshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Reshawn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Reshawn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Reshawn 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 428 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.

Reshawn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

428

Since 1976

44 years of records

Peak year

1997

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1976

Recorded for 44 years

Last year on file: 2019

Reshawn popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1976

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1997)
19
Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
05101520 201920112006200119961991198619811976 5

Reshawn popularity over time — girls

43 total births recorded since 1970 (Reshawn as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 43 births
4.555.566.5 19951991199019821981197419721970 6

Reshawn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
146 births that decade — 34% of Reshawn's all-time total
1970s161980s921990s1462000s1132010s61

Reshawn by state

Where Reshawn concentrates geographically — total births since 1976

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Reshawn
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 1.2%
Florida share of Reshawn's total US births 1.2%

5 of 428 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Reshawn?
428 babies have been named Reshawn since 1976. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1997 with 19 births.
When was Reshawn most popular?
Reshawn was most popular in the 1990s decade with 146 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Reshawn most popular?
The top states for the name Reshawn are Florida (5 births).
Is Reshawn a unisex name?
Yes, Reshawn is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 428 births, and as a girl's name it has 43 births.
How long has the name Reshawn been used?
Reshawn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 44 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Reshawn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Reshard, Reshad, Reshaun, Resean, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1976–2019 (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.