Arshad

#7,231 in 2025Boys' name

More rightly guided, more sensible

Arshad has been given to 307 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #7,231 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2002, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Arshad, 2025

1 in 301,000

Arshad over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arshad: meaning, origin, and history

More rightly guided, more sensible

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Arshad means

Arshad means “more rightly guided, more sensible”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 307 boys were recorded with the name Arshad between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2002; its best national rank was #4,513 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,066 in 2020 to #7,231 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,650 in 2015 to #7,231 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Arshad?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 155,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,231; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arshad sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arshad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arshads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arshad was born before 2008 — so the typical Arshad is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 29.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 72.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 307; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 29.6% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Arshad rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −1,013; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −165; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,419; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.57×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 64.7%; Peak was 2002 (17)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,513; 2002

Spellings of Arshad

Arshad is not the most common spelling — Rashad is, with 42.8% against Arshad's 0.81%.

Rashad42.8%16,247
Marshal14.5%5,485
Shad12.7%4,831
Arham5.7%2,181
Asad5.2%1,991
Akshay4.8%1,808
Ahad2.3%879
Asaad2.3%866

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Arshad around the world

Where Arshad ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#4,275
in 2025
Canada
1997–2007
#2,479
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Arshad by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,231
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 165
Best rank ever: #4,513; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 17 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 307
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Arshad

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Arslan Arshan Arsiah Farhad Arshiv Arsene Arsal Arsen Arson Arsalan Arshaan Arshia Arseny Ashad Jahad Arsh Anhad Arsha Richad Arsenio Roshad Mahad Arshawn Arseniy

Sibling names for Arshad

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lesli Sydnee Shakira Madisen Lisbeth Jaden Savana Sheridan

For a brother

Zakary Samual Keven Garret Donavon Shamar Kale Demarco

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