Rasha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Rasha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young gazelle”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Rasha mean?
Arabic
“young gazelle”
Is Rasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Rasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rasha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rasha, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Rasha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Rasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Rasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Rasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Rasha, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Rasha in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Rasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Hana, Risha, Safa, Isha, Prisha, Radhika, Khadija, Raya, Krisha, Radha, Maha
Names related to Rasha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rasha, updated 20 October 2026.