Rashida — #15617 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rashida

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,993 babies named Rashida between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashida currently holds the #15617 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 338 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashida performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rashida shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 486 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashida in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rashida 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 2,993 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.