girls:
66 births since 1972
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
935 births since 1972
#3656 (20th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1972
#6738 (13th percentile)
The name Rashan is the #6,738 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,001 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 12.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,656 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 935 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1972.
Rashan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 . Birth data for Rashan is available in 50 out of the 51 years between 1972 and 2022 (50 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rashan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Rashan reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 6.7% percentile (ranked #642) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Rashan reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #820) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rashan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rashan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.6% confident that Rashan is pronounced as ruh-SHAHN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RA-shuhn, at 21.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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