Rashaan

Where Rashaan comes from

Rashaan hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #2,558 among boys, 14 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Rashaan Salaam born
    All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, Heisman Trophy winner
  3. 1980
    Rashaan Nall born
    American actor
  4. 1995
    Peak, #937
    140 babies named Rashaan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,586.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rashaan Nall · American actor, born 1980
  • Rashaan Salaam · All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, Heisman Trophy winner, 1974–2016
  • Rashaan Evans · American football linebacker, born 1996
  • Rashaan Fernandes · association football player, born 1998
  • Rashaan Carter · American jazz bassist, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.