# Rachid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rachid/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 81 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 81 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Rachid, itself from Arabic رَاشِد (rāšid).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | 7,042 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,920 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,549 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,900 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,956 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,170 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,029 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,006 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,792 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,468 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,644 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,804 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,922 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Rachid

- Rachid Taha, Franco-Algerian singer
- Rachid Ghezzal, Algerian-French footballer (born 1992)
- Rachid Bouchareb, French film director
- Rachid Mekhloufi, Algerian footballer (1936–2024)
- Rachid Aït-Atmane, Algerian and French footballer
- Rachid Boudjedra, Algerian writer
- Rachid Harkouk, Footballer (born 1956)
- Rachid Mimouni, Algerian writer (1945-1995)
- Rachid Bouaouzan, Dutch footballer
- Rachid Benmahmoud, footballer
- Rachid Baba Ahmed, Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician
- Mouffok Rachid, Algerian sculptor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.