Rashida
Rashida is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 536th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1977338 births
- Best rank
- #536in 1977
- Since 1964
- 2,993people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,993 girls have been named Rashida in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1977, with 338 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 338 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1970s alone account for 42%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1977, its biggest year
Rashida was the 536th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1977 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amy, Jessica and Heather. See all of 1977.
Names that rose and fell with Rashida
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kanikapeak 1978
- Shawntepeak 1977
- Tanikapeak 1982
- Nikiapeak 1975
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Seasonpeak 1979
- Nakeshapeak 1979
- Nakishapeak 1978
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.