Rashad

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

Boy's name · #1708 in the US (2025) · 90s

Rashad has appeared in US records since 1973 — best rank #336 (1987) · 16,247 babies named Rashad all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

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 155 notable people named Rashad:

Athletes appear 2.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Rashad Sadygov, association football player from Azerbaijan.

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