girls:
213 births since 1974
#5503 (4th percentile)
boys:
129 births since 1972
#4457 (3rd percentile)
overall:
342 births since 1972
#7397 (4th percentile)
The name Rashi is the #7,397 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 342 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,503 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 213 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,457 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 129 births since 1972.
Rashi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Rashi is available in 38 out of the 49 years between 1972 and 2020 (27 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rashi has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.3% of all recorded births). In 2020, 100.0% of babies named Rashi were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for boys (67.3% boys from 1972 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (89.8% girls from 1999 to 2020).
For girls, Rashi reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #933) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Rashi reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #680) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2002.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rashi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rashi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Rashi is pronounced as RAH-shee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-SHEE, at 18.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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