How popular is the name Rayshawn?

Rayshawn ranks 1,450th among boys' names in US records, with 5,773 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 601.

Is Rayshawn a unisex name?

No. Rayshawn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 184 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Rayshaun, Reshawn, Reshaun. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,450 of boy names

Pronounced R EY1 Z HH AO1 N (ARPABET)

Rayshawn is a boys' name, and first appears in 1969. It has been given to 5,773 children — the 1,450th most common boys' name on record.

It is falling away, down 55% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 184 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Rayshaun, Reshawn and Reshaun — because they are pronounced identically.

2006Boys: 184Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Rayshawn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Rayshawn?: Rayshawn ranks 1,450th among boys' names in US records, with 5,773 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 601.
Is Rayshawn a unisex name?: No. Rayshawn is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rayshawn most popular?: 2006, when 184 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rayshawn spelled?: Rayshaun, Reshawn, Reshaun. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.