Rashida

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Rashida Jones

American actress, writer, and producer (born 1976)

Choose Rashida and your child shares a first name with Rashida Jones, an American actress, writer, and producer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Rashida, like who?” Rashida Jones's Wikipedia article is available in 51 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 270,270 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Rashida, 6 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Rashida would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryRashida first shows up in US birth records in 1964, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 61 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1977, when it ranked #535. Today it's #13,208, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowRashida was 2.7× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 101,010 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 270,270.
• 💬MeaningIn Arabic, Rashida means “rightly guided”. Our records link it to African, Arabic and Swahili roots.

About the name Rashida

Rashida is a girl name of African, Arabic and Swahili origin meaning “rightly guided”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with R and ending in “-ida”. US birth records list Rashida for girls from 1964 to 2025, in 52 of those 62 years. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked #535 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #13,208, with 6 babies.

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