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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • 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: #463 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,118 boysWAIdaho: 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: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,345 boysMNIllinois: #319 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,478 boysILWisconsin: #367 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,161 boysWIMichigan: #403 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,177 boysMINew York: #290 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 2,204 boysNYMassachusetts: #393 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,502 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: #428 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,065 boysINOhio: #479 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,650 boysOHPennsylvania: #386 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,571 boysPANew Jersey: #280 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,381 boysNJConnecticut: #284 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,821 boysCTCalifornia: #529 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 6,047 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: #357 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,796 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedWVVirginia: #179 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,204 boysVAMaryland: #186 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,276 boysMDDelaware: #157 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 983 boysDEArizona: 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: #377 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,098 boysARTennessee: #348 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,239 boysTNNorth Carolina: #186 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,284 boysNCSouth Carolina: #112 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 578 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #229 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,032 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #298 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,838 boysLAMississippi: #230 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,320 boysMSAlabama: #235 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,506 boysALGeorgia: #142 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 784 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rashad, so not publishedHITexas: #446 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 3,929 boysTXFlorida: #221 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 1,433 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#112 · 1 in 578
  2. Georgia#142 · 1 in 784
  3. Delaware#157 · 1 in 983
  4. Virginia#179 · 1 in 1,204
  5. Maryland#186 · 1 in 1,276

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#112421 in 578
Georgia#142641 in 784
Delaware#15751 in 983
Virginia#179361 in 1,204
Maryland#186261 in 1,276
North Carolina#186371 in 1,284
Florida#221641 in 1,433
District of Columbia#22991 in 1,032
Mississippi#230131 in 1,320
Alabama#235181 in 1,506
New Jersey#280231 in 2,381
Connecticut#28481 in 2,821
New York#290631 in 2,204
Louisiana#298171 in 1,838
Illinois#319361 in 2,478
Tennessee#348111 in 3,239
Missouri#357101 in 3,796
Wisconsin#36781 in 4,161
Arkansas#37751 in 3,098
Pennsylvania#386181 in 4,571
Massachusetts#39381 in 5,502
Michigan#403171 in 4,177
Minnesota#42451 in 6,345
Indiana#42881 in 5,065
Texas#446391 in 3,929
Washington#46371 in 5,118
Ohio#479121 in 6,650
California#529481 in 6,047
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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 1990

girls
#12,958
5 births · 1 in 379,709 girls
boys
#355
677 births · 1 in 3,034 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #12,958Rashad5

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #355Rashad677
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Rashad, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rashad
  1. #11,409Zsazsa6
  2. #11,409Zurisadai6
  3. #11,409Zyanya6
  4. #12,958Rashad5
  5. #12,958Aarica5
  6. #12,958Aasha5
  7. #12,958Abagale5

Tied with 2,276 names at #12,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,034 of them was named Rashad, which outranked 96.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rashad
  1. #352Joey685
  2. #353Pablo680
  3. #354Darnell678
  4. #355Rashad677
  5. #355Josiah677
  6. #357Courtney675
  7. #358Elliott672
  8. #359Eli667

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

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →