Rashad
Rashad was the 1722nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 336th; the most babies were born in 1990 (677). Over the last ten years it has moved down 779 places. More babies were named Rashad in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,722 boys, down 470 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 95boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990677 babies
- Total since 1880
- 16,332babies recorded
Rashad popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 85 since 1979.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,722 | 95 |
| 2020 | #1,252 | 148 |
| 2010 | #622 | 396 |
| 2000 | #647 | 281 |
| 1990 | #356 | 677 |
| 1980 | #473 | 317 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Rashad, counting every spelling?
Rashad is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,117 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,722 for Rashad on its own. Together these spellings went to 175 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rashad | 95 | #1,722 | 566 |
| Rasheed | 36 | #3,294 | 167 |
| Rashid | 31 | #3,640 | 160 |
| Rashaad | 13 | #6,723 | 142 |
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 Rashad?
95 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rashad (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rashad 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 88 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rashad.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rashad?
About 15,700 people born in the US named Rashad are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 18 and 38. That makes Rashad mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Rashad by state
How common Rashad was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.7×), Georgia (2.9×), Florida (2.1×). In 35 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 Rashad: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rashad, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Rashad
How popular is the name Rashad?
Rashad was the 1722nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 336th; the most babies were born in 1990 (677). Over the last ten years it has moved down 779 places. More babies were named Rashad in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Rashad a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rashad in the US.
Where is Rashad most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rashad was most common in Louisiana (0.24 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.