Unisex name · since 1993
Reshon
Reshon has 18 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,843 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
18 boys have been named Reshon since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Reshon has 18 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2001.
- #29,843 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reshon ranks #29,843 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,843 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Reshon's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reshon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Reshon's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Reshon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2001
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2001.
18 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Reshon popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1967 (Reshon as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Reshon accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Reshon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (12 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Reshon's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Reshon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 12 births (67% of all-time use).
Reshon decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Reshon's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reshon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1993–2001 (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 Reshon 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.
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