first name
RASHID
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,580 people named Rashid, 45% reported their origin as Black, 28.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 17.5% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rashid peaked in 1996, when 68 babies got the name.
At least 2,566 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.
Rashid by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #3,234. The largest share of babies named Rashid, 33.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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.
Exactly as common as Rashid
5 other first names also have 3,580 people.
Either side of Rashid
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rashid, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rashid ranks #4,080 of 156,621, with 8,441 people. See Rashid as a last name
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