Rashi
The Story of Rashi
As a girl name
Rashi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1974, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2010: 16 births, good for #7,513 nationwide. About 39% of every Rashi on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Rashi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 213 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Rashi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1972, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 13 births, good for #3,168 nationwide. About 45% of every Rashi on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Rashi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 129 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Rashi
Rashi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 213 births in the dataset. Rashi's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #7,513. Use the chart and map above to compare Rashi'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 .
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