How rare is the name Rasheed?

4,264 people in the United States have the first name Rasheed, about 1 in 70,833. It ranks #4,403 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RASHEED

#4,403

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,264
About
1 in 70,833
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,264 people named Rasheed, 77.6% reported their origin as Black, 7.2% as White and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rasheed peaked in 1995, when 225 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
225
In 2025*
36 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,873 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rasheed by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,052. The largest share of babies named Rasheed, 37.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#2,396696
1980s#2,405844
1990s#2,0521,514
2000s#3,0951,109
2010s#5,664499
2020s#7,410199
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9637.7%
Generation Z 1997–1235.2%
2013 and later10.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rasheed is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rasheed has been most common in New Jersey (4.7×), Pennsylvania (4.2×), and New York (2.4×), and least common in Texas (0.14×).

3,184 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rasheed

#4,401 Narciso · 4,269#4,401 Tarah · 4,269#4,404 Abbas · 4,261#4,405 Lissa · 4,260

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rasheed, most common first.

#2,163 Rashad · 12,313#4,962 Rashid · 3,580#6,680 Rashaad · 2,376#8,822 Rasheeda · 1,620#12,594 Rasheda · 984#13,538 Rashaud · 889#14,205 Rasheedah · 833#15,714 Rashed · 728

Also a last name

As a last name, Rasheed ranks #8,872 of 156,621, with 3,543 people. See Rasheed as a last name

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