Given name
Raekwon
“a proud man”
Raekwon is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a proud man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a proud man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raekwon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,295
- 2,289 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 451 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,760 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,760 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 445 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,458 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raekwon’s family of names
Raekwon has a related form in Kaekwonn. Raekwon has a related form in Raikwon. Raekwon has a related form in Raikwonn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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