Rashaad — #3465 US boys' name
3,395 babies named Rashaad in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Rashaad was born in this single decade.
140 babies were named Rashaad in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashaad
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,395 babies named Rashaad between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rashaad currently holds the #3465 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 140 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashaad performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,095 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rashaad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 208 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashaad in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashaad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,395 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rashaad at a glance
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Current rank
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Rashaad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1995)
- 140
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #3465 among boys.
3,395 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 140 births in a single year.
Rashaad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,095 births that decade — 32% of Rashaad's all-time total
Rashaad decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,095 births
- Runner-up 777 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rashaad's strongest decade
1,095 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Rashaad by state
Where Rashaad concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 208 | 6.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 200 | 5.9% |
| #3 | California | | 183 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 177 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 151 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 92 | 2.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 92 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 92 | 2.7% |
208 of 3,395 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 6.1% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- California 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rashaad appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.