Rashea — girls' name
145 babies named Rashea in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Rashea was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Rashea in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashea
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Rashea between 1977 and 2008, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rashea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashea 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 145 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.
Rashea at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rashea popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1977
- Peak year (1989)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
145 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 11 births in a single year.
Rashea popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1978 (Rashea as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rashea accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rashea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 70 births that decade — 48% of Rashea's all-time total
Rashea decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rashea's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–2008 (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.