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Rashad

Rashad: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“good judgment, right guidance”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ruh-SHAHD · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic Rashād, meaning 'rectitude' or 'good guidance.' Also transliterated as رشاد and sometimes spelled Rashaad or Rashid in related forms.

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How popular is Rashad?

202427.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Rashad in 202491

2024 rank#1,797 boys

Peak year1989

Total US babies since 188016,236

Rashad is fading: recent use is about 46% of its level ten years before.

Names like Rashad

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Rashad questions

What does the name Rashad mean?

Rashad means "good judgment, right guidance". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic Rashād, meaning 'rectitude' or 'good guidance.' Also transliterated as رشاد and sometimes spelled Rashaad or Rashid in related forms.

Is Rashad a boy or girl name?

Rashad is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Rashad?

91 US babies were named Rashad in 2024. Its peak year was 1989.

How do you pronounce Rashad?

Rashad is usually pronounced ruh-SHAHD.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.