How Many People Are Named Rashad?
people named Rashad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,666 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,332 babies named Rashad in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
682 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "good sense, good guidance" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rashad, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rashad alive today is about 28 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rashad first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1990, to 682 babies. In 2025, 95 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rashad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #336, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,722.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,722 |
| Best rank | #336 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #471 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rashad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rashad were born in Florida than in any other state: about 1,466 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rashad was given 5.2 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.1 times in Georgia and 3 times in South Carolina.
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