Rahsaan
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,614since 1970
Rahsaan over time
Rank among boys' names. Rahsaan has never cracked the top 700 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,776 | 15 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,720 | 15 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,067 | 18 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,274 | 39 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,753 | 55 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,295 | 33 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,523 | 14 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,419 | 49 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,905 | 28 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #869 | 98 | |
| 1977 | — | #963 | 79 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #866 | 93 |
| 1975 | — | #916 | 80 | |
| 1974 | — | #813 | 98 | |
| 1973 | — | #745 | 116 | |
| 1972 | — | #960 | 71 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,127 | 53 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rahsaan! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rahsaan is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#719 · 1 in 11,102
- California#1,246 · 1 in 29,955
Best ever in a state: #334 in New York, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #719 | 10 | 1 in 11,102 |
| California | #1,246 | 6 | 1 in 29,955 |
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See more about Rahsaan
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1973 (#960 → #745)
- Biggest drop: 641 spots in 1979 (#869 → #1,510)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1973 at #745 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1972–1978
- Highest: 1 in 13,436 boys born in 1973 were named Rahsaan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 45.6% of all boys named Rahsaan (736) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 736 | #745 (1973) | #1,205 |
| 1980s | 235 | #1,419 (1986) | #2,588 |
| 1990s | 266 | #1,753 (1997) | #3,026 |
| 2000s | 205 | #2,922 (2000) | #4,443 |
| 2010s | 124 | #5,047 (2010) | #6,794 |
| 2020s | 48 | #5,776 (2021) | #8,302 |
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.
Rahsaan in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 44,142 of them was named Rahsaan, which outranked 78.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,487Roque40
- #1,487Tiffany40
- #1,487Yancy40
- #1,510Rahsaan39
- #1,510Ajay39
- #1,510Antuan39
- #1,510Buford39
- #1,532Addison38
- #1,532Anders38
- #1,532Anselmo38
Tied with 21 names at #1,510; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.