Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Rashan 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 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rashan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,001
- 935 boys · 66 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −68%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 51 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 730 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.
Rashan’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 Rashan
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Rashan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Rahman
“one who is full of compassion”
>99% boys
Rustin
“from the red-haired man's estate”
>99% boys
Antwan
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
>99% boys
Ramone
“a wise protector”
>99% boys
Rodrick
Rodrick is a masculine given name.
>99% boys
Jovan
Jovan is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.
>99% boys
Anand
“joy, delight, pleasure”
90% boys · 10% girls
Anwar
“surrounded by light” · “luminous”
98% boys · 2% girls