Rasheed
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Rasheed is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Rasheed mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic, variant of Rashid.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rasheed a girl's or a boy's name?
Rasheed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rasheed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Rasheed, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rasheed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. 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.
Rasheed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Rasheed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Rasheed, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 220 boys. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the boys named Rasheed in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were given Rasheed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,156, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.
- Rasheed 36
- Rashed 16
Rasheed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 71 | #1,974 |
| 2008 | 80 | #1,825 |
| 2007 | 92 | #1,658 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 87 | #1,582 |
| 2004 | 142 | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 102 | #1,340 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,078 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,026 |
| 2000 | 161 | #940 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,000 |
| 1998 | 144 | #960 |
| 1997 | 148 | #916 |
| 1996 | 180 | #797 |
| 1995 | 220 | #715 |
| 1994 | 162 | #837 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 149 | #863 |
| 1991 | 100 | #1,082 |
| 1990 | 123 | #926 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,117 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,325 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1986 | 98 | #920 |
| 1985 | 83 | #997 |
| 1984 | 91 | #922 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,006 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 89 | #954 |
| 1979 | 95 | #895 |
| 1978 | 93 | #891 |
| 1977 | 95 | #869 |
| 1976 | 88 | #886 |
| 1975 | 90 | #875 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,091 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,108 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
Names like Rasheed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Raheem Abdullah Khalid Fahad Umar Mustafa Fareed Amir Hassan
Other spellings of Rasheed
Names related to Rasheed
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, “Rasheed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rasheed, updated 20 October 2026.