Rahsaan
Boy · rah-SAHN · Modern
Rahsaan is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rahsaan mean?
Modern: made known by jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk said the name came to him in a dream.
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- rah-SAHN
Is Rahsaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahsaan is a boys' name.
How popular is Rahsaan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 116 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Rahsaan in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rahsaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 39 | #2,271 |
| 1997 | 55 | #1,750 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 98 | #869 |
| 1977 | 79 | #963 |
| 1976 | 93 | #866 |
| 1975 | 80 | #916 |
| 1974 | 98 | #813 |
| 1973 | 116 | #745 |
| 1972 | 71 | #960 |
| 1971 | 53 | #1,127 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
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