Kashmir
#1,378 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kashmir has been given to 1,916 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,378 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 180 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.
Babies named Kashmir, 2025
1 in 24,700
Kashmir 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kashmir over time
In 2025, Kashmir went to 11% girls and 89% 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 Kashmir?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 24,700
- 134 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 12,700
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,378
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 17,150 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kashmir 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 17,150 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kashmir. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kashmirs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kashmir was born before 2021 — so the typical Kashmir is around 4 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 66.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,357
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 66.8% of all recorded uses (907).
Is Kashmir 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
- −141
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −63
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,741
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 3.62×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 74.4%
- Peak was 2022 (180)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.0% average annual change
Spellings of Kashmir
Kashmir is not the most common spelling — Casimir is, with 28.9% against Kashmir's 7.5%.
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 Kashmir is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Kashmir was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 14,048 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1South Carolina1 in 3,571
- 2Georgia1 in 4,762
- 3North Carolina1 in 5,556
- 4Illinois1 in 7,692
- 5Wisconsin1 in 8,333
- 6New York1 in 9,091
- 7Pennsylvania1 in 12,500
- 8Virginia1 in 12,500
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 Kashmir is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kashmir was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,455,707 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. Kashmir has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kashmir around the world
Where Kashmir 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 & Wales1997–1997#2,738in 1997
- South Australia2000–2000#727in 2000
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Kashmir by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Kashmir
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kashmir
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.