Rasheeda
Feminine · “rightly guided”
Rasheeda is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 1,713 girls against 10 boys since 1880.
The doubled e is writing a vowel Arabic marks with a letter English does not have. Arabic distinguishes long and short vowels systematically and writes the long ones with their own characters; English has no such device, so a transliteration has to double something or add an h, and every spelling of this name is somebody's answer to that.
How old is the name Rasheeda?
Rasheeda first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Rasheeda alive today was born around 1984, making them about 41 years old. About 1,700 people named Rasheeda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rasheeda most popular?
Rasheeda peaked in 1979, reaching #1019 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Rashida to Rasheeda
The story of Rasheeda
The record holds this spelling almost entirely for girls, just as Arabic grammar would expect. The final a is the feminine marker — the masculine of this name has no vowel there — so a form ending this way is a woman's in the language it comes from, and American families gave it to daughters whether or not they knew the rule already sitting in it.
Meaning
rightly guided, of sound judgment
Arabic, and the sense carries a specific weight: it describes somebody following the correct path rather than merely being sensible. The word has a formal religious use as well as an everyday one.
How the name formed
- Rashida
- Rasheeda
Related forms: Rashida · Rashida
Pronouncing Rasheeda
ruh-SHEE-duh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The long vowel there is what the doubled e is recording and it is a genuine feature of the original.
Nicknames for Rasheeda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 1979138 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1019reached in 1979
- Change vs 2019
- −28.6%5 in 2021, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rasheeda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rashida in Arabic — same name
- Rashida in Swahili — same name
Rasheedas among us
people named Rasheeda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Rasheeda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is specific, serious and easy to explain.
- It is a living everyday name across a very large part of the world.
- The spelling records the long vowel honestly.
- Rashida is the commoner transliteration and this gets corrected.
- The record holds both sexes though the Arabic form is feminine.
- It reads as clearly foreign in an American classroom, which cuts both ways.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Rasheeda to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Rasheeda? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Rasheeda
Feminine
Frequently asked
- How many Rasheedas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Rasheeda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rasheeda in 2025?
- Rasheeda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Rasheeda with classmates?
- Rasheeda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More R names
The most-given names starting with R, all years combined.
Ruth#173 · Rebecca#349 · Rachel#250 · Rose#114 · Ruby#64 · Robin#704 · Rita#1285 · Rhonda#6116
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Rasheeda? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Rasheeda and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle