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Kash

#286 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Cash

Kash has been given to 17,649 babies in the U.S. since 1916. In 2025 it ranked #286 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 1,481 recorded.

Babies named Kash, 2025

1 in 2,800

Kash over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kash: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Cash

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kash means

Kash is a variant of Cash.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kash → Cash. The family’s meaning is “case”, recorded in the naming reference for Cash.

Origin, language, and formation

Kash is used in English.

Kash is a modern formation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cash.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Kash is pronounced /kæʃ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17,367 boys were recorded with the name Kash between 1916 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,481 in 2021; its best national rank was #240 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #255 in 2020 to #286 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025.

In the United States, 282 girls were recorded with the name Kash between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2018; its best national rank was #4,676 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,089 in 2020 to #5,479 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,216 in 2015 to #5,479 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kash?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 2,800
1,183 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,440
0.07% of boys
Rank, 2025
#286
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
1,944 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kash sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 301%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50016%

Put another way: gather 1,944 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kash. In a class of 30 the chance is 1%.

When Kashs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kash was born before 2019 — so the typical Kash is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
45.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
17,345
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 45.9% of all recorded uses (7,965).

Is Kash rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+7
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−31
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+96
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.9%
Peak was 2021 (1,481)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#240
2021

Spellings of Kash

Kash is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 21.0% against Kash's 3.6%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kash is used

Across 2016–2025, Kash was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 461 boys, against 1 in 1,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Maine (1 in 4,545).

22217 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 461
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 476
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 585
  4. 4West Virginia1 in 641
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 645
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 649
  7. 7Alabama1 in 725
  8. 8Idaho1 in 725

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Kash is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 37% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Kash around the world

Where Kash ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,359
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2011–2021
    #720
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2021–2021
    #433
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1997–2024
    #524
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kash

People whose public names include Kash, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kash by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#286
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 31
Best rank ever
#240
2021
Peak year
2021
1,481 that year
First recorded
1916
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
17,367
Count in 2025
1,183

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,479
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 390
Best rank ever
#4,676
2021
Peak year
2018
29 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
282
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Kash

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KasonKaseyKasenKaseNashCashDashKashtonYashKasynKasaiKasimAshAkashKasperKashifKaseemKasinKasraKasirKashmirArashKassiusKashawn

Names with a curve like Kash

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kash, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KaysonJensenAtticusMalakaiBowenSullivanBeckhamKnoxLennoxFinleyBodhiHendrix

Sibling names for Kash

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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