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Rasha

#10,725 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Young gazelle

Rasha has been given to 733 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #10,725 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 26 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Rasha, 2025

1 in 368,000

Rasha over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rasha over time

In 2025, Rasha went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rasha: meaning, origin, and history

Young gazelle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rasha means

Rasha means “young gazelle”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 696 girls were recorded with the name Rasha between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,980 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,731 in 2020 to #10,725 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,997 in 2015 to #10,725 in 2025.

In the United States, 37 boys were recorded with the name Rasha between 1977 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1977; its best national rank was #5,676 in 1977.

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.

How common is Rasha?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,725
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rasha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rasha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rashas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rasha was born before 1993 — so the typical Rasha is around 32 today.

Median birth year
1993
About 32 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
696
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Choose a decade

1990s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (184).

Is Rasha 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,006
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,272
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
34.6%
Peak was 1992 (26)
Years since peak
33
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,980
1989

Spellings of Rasha

Rasha is not the most common spelling — Rosa is, with 24.7% against Rasha's 0.10%.

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.

Where Rasha is used

Across 1910–2025, Rasha was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,307,231 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rasha has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rasha around the world

Where Rasha 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
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • France
    1999–2025
    #3,978
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1971–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rasha by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,725
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,006
Best rank ever
#3,980
1989
Peak year
1992
26 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
696
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,676
1977
Peak year
1977
6 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
37
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rasha

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

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Sibling names for Rasha

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

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