Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rashaan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rashaan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,216
- 1,188 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 140 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,693 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,693 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 140 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 848 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.
Rashaan’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rashaan
- Rashaan EvansAmerican football linebackerborn 1995
- Rashaan Fernandesassociation football playerborn 1998
- Rashaan NallAmerican actorborn 1980
- Rashaan SalaamAll-American college football player, professional football player, running back, Heisman Trophy winner (1974-2016)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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