Boy · Modern American coinage
Rahsaan
Say it: rah-SAHN
Meaning
Coined by the jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who said the name came to him in a dream.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 1,581 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 1973, about 1 in 13,400 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Rashaan
Famous bearers
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, jazz musician
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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