Rasheda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rasheda

The Social Security Administration has registered 994 babies named Rasheda between 1970 and 2001, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rasheda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 107 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rasheda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rasheda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Rasheda in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rasheda 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 994 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.