Rasean

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rasean by the numbers

Rasean was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Rasean

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rasean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rashan9 in the US (2017)
  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
  • Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rayyanwatered, irrigated; one who drinks261 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rashadwise counsel; rightly guided208 in the US (2017)
  • Rayaangates of paradise75 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Rasean

Names that are said the same way as Rasean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Rahsaangracious, merciful; variant of Rachman13 in the US (2017)
  • Rawsonson of Raw or Rawl6 in the US (2017)
  • Rayson19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rasean

Nobody has voted for Rasean yet

Vote for Rasean and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Rasean