Rasheed
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Thinker: Counselor.
- Origin
- Arabic
Rasheed Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,801 baby boys have been named Rasheed. The name peaked in 1995 with 220 US births that year (rank #719). In 2024, ranked #3748 nationally — 3,029 places below its 1995 peak.
Top States for Rasheed
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Rasheed births are: Pennsylvania (728), New York (587), New Jersey (414).
Other Arabic-Origin Names Like Rasheed
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7-Letter Names Starting with R
Names with Rasheed's exact length and starting letter: Rabbani, Rabican, Rachael, Rachele, Radbert.
Quick Facts About Rasheed
US Popularity History (2000–2000)
Annual US births named Rasheed by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 161 boys named Rasheed (boy rank #948 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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