Rayshawn
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 95.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 125 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,004since 1969
Rayshawn over time
Rank among boys' names. Rayshawn has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | #3,240 | 36 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,005 | 41 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,830 | 45 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,862 | 43 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,759 | 44 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,674 | 46 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,217 | 60 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,437 | 52 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,386 | 54 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,138 | 64 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,878 | 75 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,780 | 81 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,588 | 99 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,731 | 89 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,692 | 90 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,516 | 104 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,265 | 132 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,619 | 84 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,440 | 97 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,324 | 104 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,406 | 93 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,178 | 116 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,152 | 120 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,068 | 127 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #1,000 | 128 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,167 | 100 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #978 | 129 |
| 1994 | — | #1,005 | 122 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #992 | 120 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #1,033 | 112 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #954 | 125 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #1,042 | 103 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #1,030 | 100 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #1,108 | 81 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #1,067 | 80 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #1,028 | 81 |
| 1985 | — | #975 | 87 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rayshawn! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rayshawn is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#371 · 1 in 4,891
- Ohio#424 · 1 in 5,579
- Michigan#536 · 1 in 6,943
- New Jersey#643 · 1 in 9,181
- Illinois#691 · 1 in 9,644
Best ever in a state: #317 in Ohio, 1992.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #371 | 5 | 1 in 4,891 |
| Ohio | #424 | 14 | 1 in 5,579 |
| Michigan | #536 | 10 | 1 in 6,943 |
| New Jersey | #643 | 6 | 1 in 9,181 |
| Illinois | #691 | 9 | 1 in 9,644 |
| New York | #695 | 14 | 1 in 9,636 |
| California | #1,391 | 9 | 1 in 29,850 |
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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 Rayshawn
- 1,193 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #3,240)
- 481 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,240)
- 854 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #3,240)
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1985 (#1,320 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1996 (#978 → #1,167)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1991 at #954 (125 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1985–1997
- Highest: 1 in 14,728 boys born in 1997 were named Rayshawn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #954 in 1991, was only 1 in 16,163 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.5% of all boys named Rayshawn (1,182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 231 | #1,532 (1979) | #1,979 |
| 1980s | 657 | #975 (1985) | #1,227 |
| 1990s | 1,182 | #954 (1991) | #1,034 |
| 2000s | 1,029 | #1,152 (2000) | #1,432 |
| 2010s | 668 | #1,588 (2010) | #2,144 |
| 2020s | 232 | #2,759 (2020) | #3,188 |
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.
Rayshawn in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 122,903 of them was named Rayshawn, which outranked 61.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,286Whittley16
- #5,286Xaviera16
- #5,286Yashica16
- #5,545Rayshawn15
- #5,545Abrielle15
- #5,545Adelita15
- #5,545Aislynn15
- #5,836Aaliyah14
- #5,836Abbe14
- #5,836Abbigale14
Tied with 290 names at #5,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 20,009 of them was named Rayshawn, which outranked 88.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,024Geraldo101
- #1,024Joseluis101
- #1,024Unnamed101
- #1,030Rayshawn100
- #1,030Bilal100
- #1,030Gideon100
- #1,030Hank100
- #1,037Alexandra99
- #1,037Alexandre99
- #1,037Bruno99
Tied with 6 names at #1,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.