Rashidah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rashidah

The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Rashidah between 1972 and 1997, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rashidah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rashidah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rashidah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rashidah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rashidah 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 343 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.