Rayshad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ray-SHAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
Rayshad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right guidance”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rayshad mean?
Arabic: respelling of Rashad, from Arabic rashad 'right guidance'
“right guidance”
Variant of Rashad, from the Arabic root rashada, 'to be rightly guided'.
Is Rayshad a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayshad is a boys' name.
How popular is Rayshad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Rayshad in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rayshad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Rayshad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad, Muhammad, Fahad, Hamza, Raheem, Zahir, Abdullah, Asad, Ahad, Zayd, Said, Mahmoud
Names related to Rayshad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rayshad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayshad, updated 20 October 2026.