girls:
182 births since 1969
#5534 (3rd percentile)
boys:
3.1k births since 1973
#2245 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1969
#4765 (38th percentile)
The name Rashaun is the #4,765 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,285 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 38.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,245 (51.0% percentile) for all time with 3,103 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,534 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 182 births since 1969.
Rashaun first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1973 for boys). Birth data for Rashaun is available in 52 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 21 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 Rashaun has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (60.0% girls from 1969 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (94.8% boys from 1974 to 2023).
For boys, Rashaun reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #684) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 58 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rashaun ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 21.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rashaun reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #776) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rashaun".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Rashaun. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Rashaun is pronounced as ruh-SHAWN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-SHAHN, at 30.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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