Rasheed
Rasheed was the 3294th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 719th with 220 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 584 places. More babies were named Rasheed in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,294 boys, up 179 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1995220 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,873babies recorded
Rasheed popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 35 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,294 | 36 |
| 2020 | #3,473 | 32 |
| 2010 | #2,090 | 65 |
| 2000 | #948 | 161 |
| 1990 | #932 | 123 |
| 1980 | #956 | 89 |
| 1970 | #2,106 | 19 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Rasheed, counting every spelling?
Rasheed is a spelling of Rashad, a name family that ranked #1,117 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,294 for Rasheed 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 Rasheed?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rasheed (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rasheed 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 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rasheed.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rasheed?
About 4,600 people born in the US named Rasheed are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 22 and 40. That makes Rasheed 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.
Rasheed by state
How common Rasheed was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 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
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Questions about the name Rasheed
How popular is the name Rasheed?
Rasheed was the 3294th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 719th with 220 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 584 places. More babies were named Rasheed in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Rasheed a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rasheed in the US.
Where is Rasheed most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rasheed was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Pennsylvania.