Rason
Rason is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zone.
Meaning & Origin of Rason
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rason is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea. It is in the Kwanbuk region and location of the Rason Special Economic Zone.
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The Story of Rason
Rason first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1977, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 9 births, good for #8,308 nationwide. About 32% of every Rason on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Rason last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rason
Rason is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Rason's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #8,308. Use the chart and map above to compare Rason's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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