Kashmere
#2,434 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kashmere has been given to 1,109 babies in the U.S. since 1986. In 2025 it ranked #2,434 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 63 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.
Babies named Kashmere, 2025
1 in 59,200
Kashmere over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kashmere over time
In 2025, Kashmere went to 24% girls and 76% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kashmere?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 59,200
- 56 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 30,500
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,434
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 41,035 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kashmere sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 41,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kashmere. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kashmeres were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kashmere was born before 2020 — so the typical Kashmere is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 53.4% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 99.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 597
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 53.4% of all recorded uses (319).
Is Kashmere 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
- +215
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +239
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,307
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.93×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 88.9%
- Peak was 2022 (63)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 26.6% average annual change
Spellings of Kashmere
Kashmere is not the most common spelling — Kashmir is, with 40.9% against Kashmere's 18.0%.
Where Kashmere is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Kashmere was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 69,335 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1North Carolina1 in 33,333
- 2South Carolina1 in 33,333
- 3Florida1 in 50,000
- 4Georgia1 in 50,000
- 5New York1 in 50,000
- 6Illinois1 in 100,000
- 7Michigan1 in 100,000
- 8Ohio1 in 100,000
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.
Where Kashmere is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kashmere was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Kashmere has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kashmere by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kashmere
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kashmere
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.