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Rahsaan vs Rahzi

American parents have registered 1,620 Rahsaans since 1880, against 56 Rahzis. But in 2025 it was Rahzi that was commoner, 22 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rahsaan against Rahzi, 1880 to 2025 0 30 60 90 120 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rahsaan Rahzi

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 56 years in which either name was published, Rahsaan for 54 years and Rahzi for 2 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Rahsaan Rahzi
Total US births 1,62056
Most in one year 11634
Babies in 2025 under 522
Estimated living today 1,50060
Median age today 421
Peak year 19732024
Best rank 745th boys3,394th boys
Rank in 2025 unranked4,539th
First recorded 19702024
Girls / boys 6 / 1,6140 / 56

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rahsaans alive today are over 42; half the Rahzis are over 1. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rahsaan and Rahzi.