Raekwon
Raekwon was the 8760th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 483rd with 445 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,776 places. More babies were named Raekwon in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,760 boys, down 3,357 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1996445 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,295babies recorded
Raekwon popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 6 since 1996.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,760 | 9 |
| 2020 | #5,403 | 17 |
| 2010 | #4,990 | 19 |
| 2000 | #1,012 | 145 |
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How popular is Raekwon, counting every spelling?
Raekwon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 20 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 20 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raekwon | 9 | #8,760 | 88 |
| Rayquan | 11 | #7,564 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Raekwon?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Raekwon (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Raekwon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Raekwon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Raekwon?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Raekwon are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 25 and 30. That makes Raekwon mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Raekwon by state
How common Raekwon was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Raekwon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Raekwon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Raekwon
How popular is the name Raekwon?
Raekwon was the 8760th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 483rd with 445 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,776 places. More babies were named Raekwon in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Raekwon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Raekwon in the US.
Where is Raekwon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Raekwon was most common in Virginia (0.03 per 1,000 boys).