Raekwon
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 445 births
- Debut · boys
- 39 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,289since 1994
Raekwon over time
Rank among boys' names. Raekwon has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,902 | 36 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,102 | 56 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,031 | 56 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,609 | 75 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,231 | 108 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,009 | 145 | |
| 1999 | — | #837 | 180 | |
| 1998 | — | #683 | 249 | |
| 1997 | — | #618 | 282 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #483 | 445 |
| 1995 | — | #588 | 303 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Raekwon! It came in at #2,082, and was given to 39 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2012–2014, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Raekwon is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#83 · 1 in 401
- North Carolina#120 · 1 in 675
- Virginia#139 · 1 in 796
- Connecticut#212 · 1 in 1,601
- Georgia#261 · 1 in 1,563
Best ever in a state: #83 in South Carolina, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #83 | 49 | 1 in 401 |
| North Carolina | #120 | 68 | 1 in 675 |
| Virginia | #139 | 49 | 1 in 796 |
| Connecticut | #212 | 12 | 1 in 1,601 |
| Georgia | #261 | 31 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Pennsylvania | #279 | 28 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Maryland | #296 | 14 | 1 in 2,052 |
| New Jersey | #316 | 19 | 1 in 2,560 |
| Massachusetts | #327 | 11 | 1 in 3,379 |
| New York | #393 | 38 | 1 in 3,125 |
| Kentucky | #416 | 5 | 1 in 4,628 |
| Alabama | #456 | 7 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Florida | #462 | 23 | 1 in 3,691 |
| Michigan | #477 | 13 | 1 in 4,584 |
| Illinois | #584 | 15 | 1 in 5,396 |
| Ohio | #701 | 7 | 1 in 10,046 |
| Texas | #1,414 | 6 | 1 in 25,975 |
| California | #1,652 | 7 | 1 in 36,221 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raekwon
- 2,044 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #8,243)
- 3,008 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #8,243)
- 1,567 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 1,494 spots in 1995 (#2,082 → #588)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 2000 (#837 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 1996 at #483 (445 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1995–1999
- Highest: 1 in 4,257 boys born in 1996 were named Raekwon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 65.4% of all boys named Raekwon (1,498) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,498 | #483 (1996) | #882 |
| 2000s | 568 | #1,009 (2000) | #2,833 |
| 2010s | 118 | #4,610 (2018) | #7,283 |
| 2020s | 105 | #4,118 (2021) | #5,589 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raekwon in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 292,168 of them was named Raekwon, which outranked 25.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,567Zuly7
- #10,567Zury7
- #10,567Zyanya7
- #11,807Raekwon6
- #11,807Aalayah6
- #11,807Aamna6
- #11,807Aarthi6
- #13,518Aaleeyah5
- #13,518Abbiegail5
- #13,518Abigahil5
Tied with 1,710 names at #11,807; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,257 of them was named Raekwon, which outranked 95.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.