Rashad

“Guidance, righteousness, and right judgment (Arabic)” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #1722 in the US (2025) · 90s

Rashad reached its best rank, #336, in 1987 and ranked #1722 in 2025. Roughly 16,000 boys have been named Rashad since 1973.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Rashads

Rashad al-Alimi — Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen since 2022
Rashad Sadygov — association football player from Azerbaijan
Rashad Evans — American mixed martial artist
Rashad Khalifa — Egyptian-American biochemist (1935-1990)
Rashad Vaughn — American basketball player

Among 157 notable people named Rashad:

Sports figures appear 2.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rashad Sadygov, association football player from Azerbaijan.

Similar names: Hakeem · Ramsey · Raheem · Asad · Mohamad · Saad

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