Rashaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-SHAHN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Rashaan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Rashaan come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps influenced by Rashad and Rahsaan
Is Rashaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Rashaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rashaan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rashaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rashaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Rashaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Rashaan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 140 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Rashaan in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rashaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 62 | #1,583 |
| 1995 | 140 | #934 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
Names like Rashaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi, Vivaan, Aj, Rivaan, Raja, Rishaan, Ishaan, Rishi, Vihaan, Nirvaan, Ridhaan, Shaan
Names related to Rashaan
Roshan, Rishan, Rashaun, Rashawn, Rashan, Rayshawn, Rashon, Rayshaun
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rashaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rashaan, updated 20 October 2026.