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Rashid

Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
UK rank, 2025
#2,742 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,582 for boys

Rashid is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).

What does Rashid mean?

Arabic

A male given name from Arabic.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Rashid a girl's or a boy's name?

Rashid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Rashid in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Rashid, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 boys.

Half of all the boys named Rashid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 21 in 20192025
Rashid in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
20248#2,750
202311#2,155
202210#2,279
202112#1,969
202010#2,185
201921#1,302
201813#1,902
201716#1,649
201617#1,591
201514#1,779
201412#1,929
201311#2,033
20128#2,595
201113#1,788
20109#2,306
200917#1,451
200813#1,696
200710#1,987
200612#1,640
20056#2,545
200411#1,583
200312#1,418
200214#1,193
200111#1,369
200013#1,165
19997#1,749
19986#1,932
199713#1,111
19968#1,506

How popular is Rashid in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,582among boys
Babies in 2025
31about 1 in 55,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Rashid, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.

Half of all the boys named Rashid in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

1966Busiest: 68 in 19962025
Rashid in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202531#3,582
202432#3,522
202333#3,472
202230#3,689
202134#3,360
202028#3,731
201943#2,850
201845#2,707
201743#2,797
201652#2,437
201534#3,298
201445#2,659
201337#2,996
201223#4,248
201134#3,234
201036#3,127
200944#2,752
200850#2,514
200734#3,248
200638#2,931
200543#2,563
200446#2,415
200350#2,176
200242#2,399
200149#2,113
200051#1,989
199950#1,929
199849#1,954
199755#1,750
199668#1,477
199558#1,583
199465#1,466
199350#1,716
199254#1,616
199161#1,446
199054#1,542
198954#1,511
198855#1,400
198740#1,682
198648#1,438
198550#1,370
198464#1,133
198339#1,533
198258#1,216
198135#1,660
198052#1,291
197955#1,241
197850#1,272
197754#1,198
197658#1,111
197551#1,181
197447#1,215
197336#1,400
197231#1,535
197133#1,494
197020#1,988
196918#1,976
196813#2,310
19679#2,759
19665#3,946

Names like Rashid

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Muhammad Ahmed Khalid Abdullah Raheem Hamza Mustafa Umar Musa Zayd Amir Rafi

Names related to Rashid

Rasheed Rashad Rashed Rashaad Rashaud Rashod Rayshad

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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, “Rashid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rashid, updated 20 October 2026.