Gender
Origin
- Arabic
- one of good council; rightly guided; having true faith
Counselor, thinker, spiritual instructor; Rashid is also the name of Rosetta, a large town in Egypt.
Syllables
2
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Rashid
Pronunciation
r(a)-shid
Famous People
Journalist Ahmed Rashid, Basketball player Rasheed Wallace
Popularity in the USA
- Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #1495, 67 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3583, 31 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 |
| 2024 | 32 |
| 2023 | 33 |
| 2022 | 30 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2018 | 45 |
| 2017 | 43 |
| 2016 | 52 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data
Popularity in England and Wales
- Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1254, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2658, 8 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2016 | 17 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in France
- Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2014 | – |
Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence