Rayshawn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 58 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
58
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rayshawn by the numbers

Rayshawn was given to 58 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 132 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Rayshawn

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 Rayshawn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rashawn67 in the US (2017)
  • Raeshawn9 in the US (2017)
  • Rashaunrightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid42 in the US (2017)
  • Rayhansweet basil16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rashaanrighteous; wise; variant of Rashid or Rashan11 in the US (2017)
  • Roshawn10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Rayshawn

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

Names about as common as Rayshawn

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