Rashard

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A few things about Rashard you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Rashard

Rashard Lewis

American basketball player (born 1979)

Choose Rashard and your child shares a first name with Rashard Lewis, an American basketball player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Rashard, like who?” Rashard Lewis's Wikipedia article is available in 30 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 169,492 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Rashard, 10 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Rashard would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryRashard first shows up in US birth records in 1974, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 51 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1987, when it ranked #1,067. Today it's #7,679, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowRashard was 6.7× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 25,189 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 169,492.
• 🍂TrendRashard has slipped 2,638 places over the last five years and now sits at #7,679. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Rashard

Rashard is a boy name of American and English origin. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with R and ending in “-ard”. US birth records list Rashard for boys from 1974 to 2025, in 52 of those 52 years. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked #1,067 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #7,679, with 10 babies.

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