Rasheed - #3720 US boys' name
4,838 babies named Rasheed in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
Rasheed is currently the #3720 boys' name in America, more common than 74% of boys - 4,838 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3720
- among boys today
- 4,838
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 74%
- more common than other boys
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Rasheed was born in this single decade.
220 babies were named Rasheed in 1995 - its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rasheed
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,838 babies named Rasheed between 1968 and 2025, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rasheed currently holds the #3720 rank among boys for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 220 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rasheed performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,509 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rasheed shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 728 births, the largest state-level total in the dataset, followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Rasheed in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rasheed 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 4,838 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.
Rasheed at a glance
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Current rank
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Rasheed popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 220
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #3720 among boys.
4,838 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 220 births in a single year.
Rasheed popularity over time - girls
35 total births recorded since 1976 (Rasheed as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rasheed accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rasheed by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,509 births that decade - 31% of Rasheed's all-time total
Rasheed decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,509 births
- Runner-up 1,109 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Rasheed's strongest decade
1,509 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Rasheed by state
Where Rasheed concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 728 | 15.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 592 | 12.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 414 | 8.6% |
| #4 | California | | 282 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 233 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 222 | 4.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 136 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 135 | 2.8% |
728 of 4,838 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 15.0% of nationwide
- New York 12.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 8.6% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 15.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rasheed appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (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.