Rashaad

Where Rashaad comes from

Rashaad hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #5,227 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #880
    117 babies named Rashaad — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1996
    Rashaad Penny born
    American football running back
  4. 1998
    Rashaad Mosweu born
    Motswana cricketer
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,265.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Rashaad Penny · American football running back, born 1996
  • Rashaad Mosweu · Motswana cricketer, born 1998
  • Rashaad Singleton · American basketball player, born 1987
  • Rashaad Carter · American football player, born 1989
  • Rashaad Coward · American football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.