Cache
Cache was the 3390th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2215th with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Cache in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Kash) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #3,390 boys, up 2,359 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201259 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,480babies recorded
What does the name Cache mean?
Cache is a spelling of Kash, pronounced the same way, so it shares Kash's meaning and origin.
Kash is a modern boy's name that Wiktionary describes as a re-spelling of Cash. Cash is an English surname, and the name also suggests the word cash, money. Wiktionary also lists an unrelated Central Asian place name Kash. Wiktionary records it as a male given name of modern usage, said exactly like Cash. We found no dictionary source for a deeper meaning of the given name.
How sure is this? Not documented. A modern respelling of Cash; no documented meaning beyond that.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kash', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Kash', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Cache popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #3,390 | — | 34 |
| 2020 | #13,771 | #5,749 | 6 | 15 |
| 2010 | #15,301 | #2,588 | 6 | 47 |
| 2000 | #5,007 | #7,542 | 23 | 8 |
| 1990 | #11,611 | #7,296 | 6 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Cache, counting every spelling?
Cache is a spelling of Kash, a name family that ranked #164 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,390 for Cache on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,422 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kash | 1,183 | #286 | 6,585 |
| Cash | 1,181 | #287 | 6,135 |
| Cache | 34 | #3,390 | 170 |
| Kaash | — | — | 32 |
| Kashh | 10 | #7,949 | 29 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cache?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cache (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cache born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cache.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cache?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Cache are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 8 and 20. That makes Cache mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cache by state
How common Cache was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Utah (27.1×), Arkansas (20.9×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cache: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cache, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cache
How popular is the name Cache?
Cache was the 3390th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2215th with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 359 places. More babies were named Cache in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Cache a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Cache in the US.
Where is Cache most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cache was most common in Utah (0.53 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arkansas and Idaho.