Rashida

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 338 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,999
since 1964

Rashida over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Rashida has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #535, 1977girls
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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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2025#13,2086—
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2021#11,1468—
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2019#15,5395—
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2015#13,0067—
2014#14,5586—
2013#7,37216—
2012#10,42910—
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2010#9,79011—
2009#9,97511—
2008#17,5045—
2007#11,6309—
2006#8,71513—
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2002#5,89719—
2001#6,95615—
2000#5,93718—
1999#5,66118—
1998#4,49224—
1997#3,30235—
1996#2,84942—
1995#3,96926—
1994#2,43252—
1993#2,06866—
1992#1,63093—
1991#2,09264—
1990#1,372115—
1989#1,52394#6,9416
1988#1,73873—
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five girls were named Rashida! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1964–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Rashida is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedWIMichigan: #719 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,448 girlsMINew York: #487 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,297 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedINOhio: #711 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,010 girlsOHPennsylvania: #560 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,262 girlsPANew Jersey: #729 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,199 girlsNJConnecticut: #385 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,941 girlsCTCalifornia: #940 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 8,596 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,449 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #795 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,851 girlsLAMississippi: #402 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,227 girlsMSAlabama: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsALGeorgia: #776 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,723 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Rashida, so not publishedHITexas: #1,355 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,873 girlsTXFlorida: #999 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,375 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#385 · 1 in 2,941
  2. Mississippi#402 · 1 in 2,227
  3. New York#487 · 1 in 3,297
  4. South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,449
  5. Alabama#526 · 1 in 3,819

Best ever in a state: #122 in District of Columbia, 1977.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#38551 in 2,941
Mississippi#40271 in 2,227
New York#487301 in 3,297
South Carolina#50551 in 3,449
Alabama#52661 in 3,819
Pennsylvania#560131 in 5,262
Ohio#71191 in 8,010
Michigan#71981 in 7,448
New Jersey#72961 in 6,199
Georgia#77651 in 6,723
Louisiana#79551 in 5,851
California#940191 in 8,596
Florida#99951 in 9,375
Texas#1,35571 in 15,873
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See more about Rashida
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
  • 202 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1975 (#1,143 → #905)
  • Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1978 (#535 → #754)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 1977 at #535 (338 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1975–1980
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,536
  • Highest: 1 in 4,536 girls born in 1977 were named Rashida (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 42.2% of all girls named Rashida (1,266) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s12#5,974 (1969)#6,371
1970s1,266#535 (1977)#1,776
1980s989#966 (1980)#1,383
1990s535#1,372 (1990)#2,987
2000s118#5,897 (2002)#9,980
2010s60#7,372 (2013)#12,371
2020s19#11,146 (2021)#13,216

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

Rashida in 1979

girls
#942
156 births · 1 in 10,290 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #942Rashida156
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 10,290 of them was named Rashida, which outranked 92.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rashida
  1. #931Trista158
  2. #940Gayle157
  3. #940India157
  4. #942Rashida156
  5. #942Delores156
  6. #942Felisha156
  7. #942Kay156
  8. #948Ginny155
  9. #948Shantell155
  10. #950Anthony154

Tied with 5 names at #942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →