Rashaad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-SHAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Rashaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right guidance”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Rashaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rashad
“right guidance”
From Arabic rashad, 'good sense, right guidance', related to the name Rashid.
Is Rashaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Rashaad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rashaad in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 boys.
Rashaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Rashaad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Rashaad, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,135th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 140 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Rashaad than any year since 1974.
Half of all the boys named Rashaad in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Rashaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
- Rashad 95
- Rashaad 13
Rashaad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,135 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 45 | #2,714 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 54 | #2,368 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,035 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 83 | #1,796 |
| 2008 | 73 | #1,948 |
| 2007 | 81 | #1,795 |
| 2006 | 76 | #1,808 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 87 | #1,456 |
| 2001 | 83 | #1,468 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,379 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,344 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,105 |
| 1995 | 140 | #934 |
| 1994 | 120 | #1,009 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,115 |
| 1991 | 111 | #1,019 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 |
| 1989 | 117 | #937 |
| 1988 | 117 | #879 |
| 1987 | 100 | #942 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 49 | #1,348 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,192 |
| 1981 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Rashaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Hamza, Abdullah, Raheem, Khalid, Umar, Mustafa, Amir, Fahad, Hassan, Rafi
Other spellings of Rashaad
Names related to Rashaad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Rashaad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rashaad, updated 20 October 2026.