Rashad

Meaning: Guidance, good judgment
Origin: Arabic

Boy's name · #1722 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Rashad reached its best rank, #336, in 1987 and ranked #1722 in 2025. Roughly 16,000 boys have been named Rashad since 1973.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #2,789 in Canada (2025) · #5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,026 in France (2024) · #21,689 in Italy (2022) · #3,275 in Austria (2017) · #8,408 in Ecuador (2017).

Famous Rashads

Rashad al-Alimi — Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022 (born 1954)
Rashad Evans — American mixed martial arts fighter (born 1979)
Rashad McCants — American basketball player (born 1985)
Rashad Jennings — American football player (born 1985)
Rashad Khalifa — Egyptian-American Quranist (1935–1990)

What Rashads become

Among 157 notable people named Rashad:

Sports figures appear 2.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rashad Sadygov, Azerbaijani footballer (born 1982).

Similar names: Hakeem · Ramsey · Raheem · Saad · Mohamad · Jaleel

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