# Rashid (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rashid/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rachid, Rashed, Rasheed |
| US babies named this | 2,566 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,566 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 340, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic رَشِيد (rašīd).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 3,291 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,356 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,043 |
| 2014 | 45 | 2,697 |
| 2015 | 34 | 3,348 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,466 |
| 2017 | 43 | 2,831 |
| 2018 | 45 | 2,738 |
| 2019 | 43 | 2,891 |
| 2020 | 28 | 3,787 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,402 |
| 2022 | 30 | 3,748 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3,540 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,585 |
| 2025 | 31 | 3,640 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: رَشِيد, رَاشِد
- Russian: Раши́д
- Turkish: Reşid, Reşit, Raşid, Raşit
- Finnish: Rašid
- French: Rachid
- German: Raschid
- Polish: Raszid

## People named Rashid

- Rashid Khan, Afghan cricketer
- Rashid bey Efendiyev, Azerbaijani writer, pedagogue and ethnographer (1863–1942)
- Rashid Masharawi, film director
- Rashid Al-Dosari, Bahraini footballer
- Prince Rashid bin Mohammed of Dubai, Dubaian Royal (1981–2015)
- Rashid Johnson, American artist and film director (1977- )
- Rashid Abdulrahman, association football player
- Rashid Khan Gaplanov, Azerbaijani politician (1883–1937)
- Rashid Mammadbeyov, Azerbaijani wrestler (1927-1970)
- Rashid Mammadaliyev, Azerbaijan judoka
- Räshid Hakimsan, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (1934–1997)
- Common, American rapper and actor (born 1972)

## 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.