# Rashida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rashida/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rashidah, Rasheeda, Rasheedah, Rachida, Rachidah |
| US babies named this | 3,005 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 2,999 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 122, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic رَشِيدَة (rašīda).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 15,994 |
| 2006 | 13 | 9,159 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,432 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,796 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,512 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10,311 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,074 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,674 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16,103 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,188 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,883 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,440 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,961 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,143 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,540 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | 7,689 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,836 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Rashida

- Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)
- Rashida Tlaib, American politician and lawyer (born 1976)

## 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.