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Rashawn

#3,292 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Rashawn has been given to 7,117 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #3,292 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 248 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Rashawn, 2025

1 in 92,100

Rashawn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rashawn over time

In 2025, Rashawn went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19662025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rashawn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rashawn means

Rashawn is a given name.

The naming story behind Rashawn

Wikidata records Rashawn as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q96478509, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,408 boys were recorded with the name Rashawn between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 248 in 1995; its best national rank was #658 in 1993.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,433 in 2020 to #3,292 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,788 in 2015 to #3,292 in 2025.

In the United States, 709 girls were recorded with the name Rashawn between 1966 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1979; its best national rank was #2,566 in 1979.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Rashawn?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,292
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rashawn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rashawn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rashawns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rashawn was born before 1996 — so the typical Rashawn is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
6,408
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (2,128).

Is Rashawn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−205
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−859
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,504
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.5%
Peak was 1995 (248)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#658
1993

Spellings of Rashawn

Rashawn is not the most common spelling — Shawn is, with 72.8% against Rashawn's 1.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rashawn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rashawn was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 50,973 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

13 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 33,333
  2. 2Michigan1 in 33,333
  3. 3Ohio1 in 33,333
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in 33,333
  5. 5Illinois1 in 50,000
  6. 6New York1 in 50,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Rashawn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rashawn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 936,202 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Maryland1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rashawn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rashawn around the world

Where Rashawn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2019
    #4,702
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1994–2007
    #1,820
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rashawn

People whose public names include Rashawn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rashawn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Rashawn. Linked forms have their own page here.

RashanRoshonRashaanRashaun

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Rashawn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,292
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 859
Best rank ever
#658
1993
Peak year
1995
248 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,408
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,566
1979
Peak year
1979
36 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
709
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rashawn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RasheedRashaadRashaunRashardKeshawnTyshawnRasheenDashawnRashaudRashidRashadRashaanLashawnRashonDeshawnJashawnKeyshawnRayshawnRashodTashawnRasheemMarshawnKashawnNashawn

Names with a curve like Rashawn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rashawn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DemarcoDontaeDarriusTreverTavonMartezMontrellJessyNigelRasheedKelbyBrandan

Sibling names for Rashawn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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