NameTides

Rashad

Rashad was the #1,708 boys' name in the US in 2025 (95 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Rashad as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rashad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Rashad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,708 (95)#5,137 (3)#2,789 (6)
2024#1,776 (92)——
2023#1,608 (108)#4,992 (3)—
2022#1,341 (140)—#2,493 (6)
2021#1,397 (131)#4,789 (3)—
2020#1,250 (148)—#2,746 (5)
2019#1,028 (202)#3,937 (4)#2,756 (5)
2018#1,040 (195)#4,749 (3)#2,740 (5)
2017#980 (210)—#1,422 (13)
2016#1,065 (185)—#2,428 (6)
2015#942 (223)—#1,956 (8)
2014#915 (234)#3,895 (4)#1,778 (9)
2013#870 (244)#4,685 (3)#2,606 (5)
2012#834 (262)—#1,655 (10)
2011#715 (320)—#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1989 at #348.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rashad is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rashad by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,483TXFlorida: #1,126FL
Rashad (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RashadCanadaBoys#2,7896
RashadEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
RashadNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RashadUSGirls—too few
RashadUSBoys#1,70895