Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rashed is a form of Rashid. Rashid comes from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rashed through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 543
- 543 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,785 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,785 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 728 as a first name in 2020; 1,024 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.
Rashed’s family of names
In English usage, Rashed has a related form in Rashid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rashed
- Rashed Al-MugrenSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1977
- Rashed Al-MajedEmirati singer, musician, and record producerborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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