Rashid

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Rashid is the transliteration of two male given names: Arabic: راشد Rāshid and Arabic: رشيد Rashīd, both meaning 'rightly guided', 'having the true faith', or alternatively, 'the high one'.

From Wikipedia

Rashid first appears in the data in 1966 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 67 babies (rank #1,509 that year). In 2024 it was given to 32 boys (rank #3,568). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Rashid

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Rashid yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,534

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Rashid

Rashid-al-Din Hamadaniinventor · b. 1247
Rashid Ali al-Gaylanipolitician · b. 1892
Rashid Behbudovfilm actor · b. 1915
Rashid Ramzimiddle-distance runner · b. 1980
Rashid Sunyaevuniversity teacher · b. 1943

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1966	5	#4,397
1967	9	#2,936
1968	13	#2,420
1969	18	#2,035
1970	20	#2,044
1971	33	#1,518
1972	31	#1,556
1973	36	#1,426
1974	47	#1,228
1975	51	#1,189
1976	58	#1,118
1977	54	#1,204
1978	50	#1,280
1979	55	#1,251
1980	52	#1,306
1981	35	#1,685
1982	58	#1,225
1983	39	#1,553
1984	64	#1,142
1985	50	#1,385
1986	48	#1,449
1987	40	#1,703
1988	55	#1,417
1989	54	#1,532
1990	54	#1,554
1991	61	#1,463
1992	54	#1,632
1993	50	#1,734
1994	65	#1,474
1995	58	#1,598
1996	67	#1,509
1997	55	#1,768
1998	49	#1,983
1999	50	#1,960
2000	51	#2,009
2001	49	#2,142
2002	42	#2,420
2003	50	#2,196
2004	46	#2,444
2005	43	#2,601
2006	38	#2,970
2007	34	#3,291
2008	50	#2,535
2009	44	#2,791
2010	36	#3,166
2011	34	#3,291
2012	23	#4,356
2013	37	#3,043
2014	45	#2,697
2015	34	#3,348
2016	52	#2,466
2017	43	#2,831
2018	45	#2,737
2019	43	#2,890
2020	28	#3,784
2021	34	#3,400
2022	30	#3,747
2023	33	#3,534
2024	32	#3,568