Girls' name · since 1980
Rashay
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 158 babies named Rashay, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rashay is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 158 have been recorded since 1980.
Rashay has 158 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2012.
- #22,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 158 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rashay ranks #22,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 158 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #22,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rashay's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rashay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rashay splits its recorded history at 1994: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rashay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2012
- Peak year (1996)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Rashay by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (94 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Rashay's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Rashay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 94 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Rashay's decade-level peak was the 1990s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~32 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rashay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.