Rashi — unisex name
213 babies named Rashi in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Rashi was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Rashi in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rashi
The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Rashi between 1974 and 2020, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Rashi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 129 additional births since 1972.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rashi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rashi 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 213 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.
Rashi at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rashi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1974
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
213 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 16 births in a single year.
Rashi popularity over time — boys
129 total births recorded since 1972 (Rashi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rashi accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rashi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 83 births that decade — 39% of Rashi's all-time total
Rashi decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rashi's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1974–2020 (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.