Rashad — #1797 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rashad

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,151 babies named Rashad between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rashad currently holds the #1797 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 677 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashad performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 4,693 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rashad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 1,505 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashad in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rashad 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 16,151 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.