How rare is the name Rashida?

3,989 people in the United States have the first name Rashida, about 1 in 75,716. It ranks #4,609 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RASHIDA

#4,609

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,989
About
1 in 75,716
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,989 people named Rashida, 63% reported their origin as Black, 28% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rashida peaked in 1977, when 338 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
1977
Births that year
338
In 2025*
6 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,005 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Rashida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,718. The largest share of babies named Rashida, 47.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#1,7181,266
1980s#2,186995
1990s#4,078535
2000s#14,616118
2010s#22,32160
2020s#27,33819
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–8047.5%
Millennials 1981–9643.3%
Generation Z 1997–127.2%
2013 and later1.9%

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 Rashida is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rashida has been most common in District of Columbia (10×), New York (3.3×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Texas (0.34×).

1,886 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.

Exactly as common as Rashida

1 other first name also has 3,989 people.

#4,609 Emmet · 3,989

Either side of Rashida

#4,608 Olivier · 3,990#4,609 Emmet · 3,989#4,611 Prudence · 3,983#4,612 Candelario · 3,981

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,163 Rashad · 12,313#4,962 Rashid · 3,580#8,797 Rachid · 1,626#8,822 Rasheeda · 1,620#12,594 Rasheda · 984#15,714 Rashed · 728#16,892 Rashod · 661#18,336 Rachida · 589

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