Rachid
Rachid is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Rachid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rachid is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Rachid
Rachid first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1983, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 8 births, good for #6,129 nationwide. About 31% of every Rachid on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Rachid last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 81 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rachid
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rachid. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Rachid
Phonetically similar names — useful when Rachid is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ragged
- Raket
- Rachat
- Arachide
- Racket
- Racquet
- Rackett
- Rocket
- Rugged
- Arachnid
- Recode
- Raca
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Rachid
Rachid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 81 births in the dataset. Rachid's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #6,129. Use the chart and map above to compare Rachid's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.