Rashad
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,708 for boys
Rashad is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Rashad mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic, common in African American communities since the mid-1970s.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rashad a girl's or a boy's name?
Rashad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rashad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Rashad, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rashad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rashad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Rashad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,708th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Rashad, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,250th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 677 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Rashad in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Rashad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
- Rashad 95
- Rashaad 13
Rashad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 92 | #1,776 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,608 |
| 2022 | 140 | #1,341 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,397 |
| 2020 | 148 | #1,250 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,028 |
| 2018 | 195 | #1,040 |
| 2017 | 210 | #980 |
| 2016 | 185 | #1,065 |
| 2015 | 223 | #942 |
| 2014 | 234 | #915 |
| 2013 | 244 | #870 |
| 2012 | 262 | #834 |
| 2011 | 320 | #715 |
| 2010 | 396 | #622 |
| 2009 | 407 | #617 |
| 2008 | 379 | #647 |
| 2007 | 439 | #584 |
| 2006 | 348 | #660 |
| 2005 | 219 | #842 |
| 2004 | 264 | #722 |
| 2003 | 296 | #669 |
| 2002 | 341 | #599 |
| 2001 | 302 | #627 |
| 2000 | 281 | #646 |
| 1999 | 265 | #650 |
| 1998 | 343 | #569 |
| 1997 | 367 | #540 |
| 1996 | 418 | #499 |
| 1995 | 469 | #469 |
| 1994 | 531 | #428 |
| 1993 | 479 | #454 |
| 1992 | 539 | #415 |
| 1991 | 605 | #376 |
| 1990 | 677 | #355 |
| 1989 | 661 | #348 |
| 1988 | 551 | #367 |
| 1987 | 608 | #336 |
| 1986 | 479 | #385 |
| 1985 | 169 | #683 |
| 1984 | 184 | #631 |
| 1983 | 218 | #572 |
| 1982 | 262 | #527 |
| 1981 | 325 | #460 |
| 1980 | 317 | #470 |
| 1979 | 347 | #430 |
| 1978 | 352 | #417 |
| 1977 | 311 | #453 |
| 1976 | 112 | #783 |
| 1975 | 119 | #760 |
| 1974 | 72 | #961 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Rashad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Hamza, Fahad, Raheem, Abdullah, Khalid, Hammad, Umar, Ahad, Mustafa, Asad
Other spellings of Rashad
Names related to Rashad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Rashad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rashad, updated 20 October 2026.