Given name & surname
Rasha
“resembling a young gazelle”
Rasha is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young gazelle.”
Original Arabicرشا
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a young gazelle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rasha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 733
- 37 boys · 696 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,729 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,729 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,818 as a first name in 2020; 120 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rasha’s family of names
Rasha has a related form in Raisha. Rasha has a related form in Rashia. Rasha has a related form in Raysha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rasha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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