Rashad

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778 · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1987 · 608 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,247
since 1973

Rashad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rashad has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #336, 1987boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,70895
2024—#1,77692
2023—#1,608108
2022—#1,341140
2021—#1,397131
2020—#1,250148
2019—#1,028202
2018—#1,040195
2017—#980210
2016—#1,065185
2015—#942223
2014—#915234
2013—#870244
2012—#834262
2011—#715320
2010—#622396
2009—#617407
2008—#647379
2007—#584439
2006—#660348
2005—#842219
2004—#722264
2003—#669296
2002—#599341
2001—#627302
2000—#646281
1999—#652265
1998—#569343
1997—#540367
1996—#499418
1995—#469469
1994#11,7786#428531
1993—#454479
1992—#415539
1991#10,2717#376605
1990#12,9585#355677
1989#10,8476#348661
1988#6,27712#367551
1987#5,92312#336608
1986#6,61210#385479
1985—#683169
1984—#631184
1983#10,2755#572218
1982—#527262
1981#4,96314#460325
1980—#470317
1979#7,3138#430347
1978—#417352
1977—#453311
1976—#783112
1975—#760119
1974—#96172
1973—#4,5056
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Rashad! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Rashad is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedMNIllinois: #403 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,068 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedWIMichigan: #440 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,433 boysMINew York: #381 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 3,787 boysNYMassachusetts: #292 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,128 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedINOhio: #338 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,305 boysOHPennsylvania: #320 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,364 boysPANew Jersey: #240 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,985 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #430 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 4,471 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedNEMissouri: #464 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,029 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedWVVirginia: #375 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,069 boysVAMaryland: #220 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,804 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedARTennessee: #393 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,560 boysTNNorth Carolina: #508 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,416 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #110 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 527 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #603 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,600 boysLAMississippi: #409 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,835 boysMSAlabama: #269 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,062 boysALGeorgia: #355 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,154 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedHITexas: #575 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 6,598 boysTXFlorida: #376 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,335 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#110 · 1 in 527
  2. Maryland#220 · 1 in 1,804
  3. New Jersey#240 · 1 in 1,985
  4. Alabama#269 · 1 in 2,062
  5. Massachusetts#292 · 1 in 4,128

Best ever in a state: #91 in South Carolina, 1991.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#110151 in 527
Maryland#220121 in 1,804
New Jersey#240211 in 1,985
Alabama#269131 in 2,062
Massachusetts#29281 in 4,128
Pennsylvania#320171 in 4,364
Ohio#338181 in 4,305
Georgia#355121 in 3,154
Virginia#37581 in 4,069
Florida#376151 in 3,335
New York#381301 in 3,787
Tennessee#39371 in 4,560
Illinois#403201 in 4,068
Mississippi#40951 in 3,835
California#430371 in 4,471
Michigan#440101 in 6,433
Missouri#46451 in 7,029
North Carolina#50861 in 6,416
Texas#575171 in 6,598
Louisiana#60351 in 6,600
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rashad
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 68 spots since 2024 (#1,776 → #1,708)
  • 458 spots since 2020 (#1,250 → #1,708)
  • 766 spots since 2015 (#942 → #1,708)
  • Biggest jump: 3,544 spots in 1974 (#4,505 → #961)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2016 (#942 → #1,065)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1987 at #336 (608 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1974–2015
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,027
  • Highest: 1 in 3,027 boys born in 1989 were named Rashad (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,980 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #336 in 1987, was only 1 in 3,071 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 28.9% of all boys named Rashad (4,693) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s1,319#417 (1978)#1,187
1980s3,774#336 (1987)#478
1990s4,693#355 (1990)#476
2000s3,276#584 (2007)#661
2010s2,471#622 (2010)#901
2020s714#1,250 (2020)#1,513

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rashad in 1977

boys
#453
311 births · 1 in 5,284 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #453Rashad311
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 5,284 of them was named Rashad, which outranked 93.4% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rashad
  1. #450Harvey318
  2. #451Moses316
  3. #452Forrest315
  4. #453Rashad311
  5. #453Everett311
  6. #453Jess311
  7. #456Derick310
  8. #457Ramiro309
  9. #457Ron309

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →