Kash

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #286 for boys in 2025, 1,183 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 1,481 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,367
since 1916

Kash over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kash has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#2861,183
2024#6,93216#2931,148
2023#5,96020#2601,327
2022#5,63822#2441,446
2021#4,60729#2401,481
2020#5,00325#2551,380
2019#5,04126#2891,183
2018#4,66229#3201,049
2017#6,80817#355943
2016#6,40119#365908
2015#8,93112#382844
2014#9,51711#373841
2013#9,03612#408725
2012#12,1998#520507
2011—#622381
2010—#602413
2009#12,4298#722327
2008—#775286
2007—#1,092167
2006—#1,194140
2005—#1,61984
2004—#1,83467
2003—#1,87063
2002—#2,33744
2001—#2,74234
2000—#3,76421
1999—#3,27924
1998—#4,01917
1997—#2,75028
1996—#3,29321
1995—#3,43219
1994—#3,91116
1993—#3,81916
1992—#3,45918
1991—#3,81315
1990—#3,30918
1989—#4,01713
1988—#4,45010
1987—#3,20115
1986—#6,7215
1985—#5,7856
1984—#4,9737
1983—#6,2385
1982—#4,2349
1981—#4,9617
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1979#10,2105#3,56911
1978—#3,8579
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1963—#4,0485
1962—#3,6406
1961—#4,0655
1960—#2,8719
1959—#3,6196
1958—#3,5596
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Kash! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kash is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedNHWashington: #284 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,193 boysWAIdaho: #233 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 802 boysIDMontana: #147 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 435 boysMTNorth Dakota: #208 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 588 boysNDMinnesota: #301 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,257 boysMNIllinois: #267 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 1,172 boysILWisconsin: #346 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,520 boysWIMichigan: #314 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,432 boysMINew York: #533 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,074 boysNYMassachusetts: #503 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,169 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedRIOregon: #298 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,136 boysORNevada: #259 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 912 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #148 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 420 boysSDIowa: #175 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 611 boysIAIndiana: #174 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 655 boysINOhio: #250 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,084 boysOHPennsylvania: #256 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 1,132 boysPANew Jersey: #309 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,448 boysNJConnecticut: #278 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,270 boysCTCalifornia: #402 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 2,104 boysCAUtah: #212 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 800 boysUTColorado: #371 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,614 boysCONebraska: #377 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,482 boysNEMissouri: #151 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 571 boysMOKentucky: #124 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 451 boysKYWest Virginia: #173 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 585 boysWVVirginia: #297 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,348 boysVAMaryland: #187 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 734 boysMDDelaware: #181 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 536 boysDEArizona: #256 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 989 boysAZNew Mexico: #362 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,405 boysNMKansas: #156 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 552 boysKSArkansas: #115 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 406 boysARTennessee: #233 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 969 boysTNNorth Carolina: #226 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 963 boysNCSouth Carolina: #132 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 494 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #159 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 480 boysDCOklahoma: #163 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 579 boysOKLouisiana: #107 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 410 boysLAMississippi: #72 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 292 boysMSAlabama: #141 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 537 boysALGeorgia: #178 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 730 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kash, so not publishedHITexas: #251 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 1,104 boysTXFlorida: #246 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 1,145 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#72 · 1 in 292
  2. Louisiana#107 · 1 in 410
  3. Arkansas#115 · 1 in 406
  4. Kentucky#124 · 1 in 451
  5. South Carolina#132 · 1 in 494

Best ever in a state: #72 in Mississippi, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#72411 in 292
Louisiana#107531 in 410
Arkansas#115321 in 406
Kentucky#124441 in 451
South Carolina#132411 in 494
Alabama#141411 in 537
Montana#14781 in 435
South Dakota#14891 in 420
Missouri#151501 in 571
Kansas#156251 in 552
District of Columbia#15971 in 480
Oklahoma#163311 in 579
West Virginia#173121 in 585
Indiana#174501 in 655
Iowa#175231 in 611
Georgia#178691 in 730
Delaware#18161 in 536
Maryland#187341 in 734
North Dakota#20861 in 588
Utah#212241 in 800
North Carolina#226531 in 963
Idaho#233101 in 802
Tennessee#233371 in 969
Florida#246811 in 1,145
Ohio#250501 in 1,084
Texas#2511551 in 1,104
Arizona#256331 in 989
Pennsylvania#256491 in 1,132
Nevada#259131 in 912
Illinois#267461 in 1,172
Connecticut#278111 in 1,270
Washington#284281 in 1,193
Virginia#297291 in 1,348
Oregon#298141 in 1,136
Minnesota#301201 in 1,257
New Jersey#309281 in 1,448
Michigan#314301 in 1,432
Wisconsin#346161 in 1,520
New Mexico#36251 in 1,405
Colorado#371161 in 1,614
Nebraska#37761 in 1,482
California#402901 in 2,104
Massachusetts#50391 in 3,169
New York#533291 in 3,074
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kash
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#293 → #286)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#255 → #286)
  • 96 spots since 2015 (#382 → #286)
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 2008 (#1,092 → #775)
  • Biggest drop: 33 spots in 2024 (#260 → #293)
Rise & fade · boys
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2021 at #240 (1,481 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,181
  • Highest: 1 in 1,181 boys born in 2021 were named Kash (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,444 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 45.9% of all boys named Kash (7,965) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,516 (1916)#3,749
1920s6#3,872 (1922)#3,872
1930s5#3,679 (1934)#3,679
1940s0——
1950s12#3,559 (1958)#3,589
1960s46#2,861 (1969)#3,576
1970s26#3,569 (1979)#3,885
1980s77#3,201 (1987)#4,953
1990s192#2,750 (1997)#3,508
2000s1,233#722 (2009)#1,795
2010s7,794#289 (2019)#424
2020s7,965#240 (2021)#263

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kash in 2021

girls
#4,607
29 births · 1 in 56,581 girls
boys
#240
1,481 births · 1 in 1,181 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #4,607Kash29

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #240Kash1,481
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 56,581 of them was named Kash, which outranked 73.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kash
  1. #4,507Zenia30
  2. #4,507Zoella30
  3. #4,507Zyanya30
  4. #4,607Kash29
  5. #4,607Aalia29
  6. #4,607Adelynne29
  7. #4,607Adhya29
  8. #4,719Adalida28
  9. #4,719Addley28
  10. #4,719Aissatou28

Tied with 111 names at #4,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 1,181 of them was named Kash, which outranked 98.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kash
  1. #237Rafael1,490
  2. #238Zane1,488
  3. #239Jeremy1,485
  4. #240Kash1,481
  5. #241Preston1,473
  6. #242Kyler1,470
  7. #243Jax1,455
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →