How Many People Are Named Rashida?

2,893

people named Rashida are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 118,142 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,005 babies named Rashida in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,289

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,968

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Peak Year

1977

338 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of RASHID.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

ReşideRashedRasheedRashidReşit

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.8%
Male
0.2%

Almost all of the babies given the name Rashida (99.8%) were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Rashida alive today is about 41 years old, and 89% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 48 in 2025.

Under 30 312
10.8%
30 to 59 2,576
89.1%
60 and over 4
0.1%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Rashida first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 1977, to 338 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Rashida has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #536, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #14,535.

Girls
Rank in 2025#14,535
Best rank#536 (1977)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,017 in the 1970s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Rashida alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rashida were born in New York than in any other state: about 468 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rashida was given 11.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 3.5 times in New York and 2.3 times in Pennsylvania.

New York 468
California 251
Pennsylvania 202
Illinois 129
New Jersey 108
Georgia 85
District of Columbia 85
Florida 79
Michigan 71
Ohio 48
Texas 48
Virginia 44
North Carolina 41
Maryland 31
Alabama 23
Indiana 19
Louisiana 19
South Carolina 18
Connecticut 15
Mississippi 11
Tennessee 7
Massachusetts 6

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