girls:
6 births since 1976
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1970
#3070 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1970
#6132 (21st percentile)
The name Rahsaan is the #6,132 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,614 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 20.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,070 (33.0% percentile) for all time with 1,608 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1976.
Rahsaan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1976 for girls).
The name Rahsaan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Rahsaan reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #533) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 72 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rahsaan ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 7.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rahsaan reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #759) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rahsaan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rahsaan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.6% confident that Rahsaan is pronounced as ruh-SAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is rahh-SAHN, at 25.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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