Cashmere
Cashmere was the 2846th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2743rd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 316 places. More babies were named Cashmere in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,846 boys, up 91 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44boys
- Girls and boys
- 23% girls, 77% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202347 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,354babies recorded
Cashmere popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,379 | #2,846 | 5 | 44 |
| 2020 | #5,042 | #2,937 | 25 | 40 |
| 2010 | #8,353 | #4,127 | 14 | 24 |
| 2000 | #4,817 | #9,259 | 24 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,177 | — | 14 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1920 | — | #4,393 | — | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Cashmere, counting every spelling?
Cashmere is a spelling of Kashmere, a name family that ranked #1,558 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,846 for Cashmere on its own. Together these spellings went to 100 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashmere | 56 | #2,434 | 272 |
| Cashmere | 44 | #2,846 | 218 |
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 Cashmere?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cashmere (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Cashmere 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 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cashmere.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cashmere?
About 600 people born in the US named Cashmere are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Cashmere a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Cashmere by state
How common Cashmere was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (1.9×). In 46 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 Cashmere: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cashmere, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cashmere
How popular is the name Cashmere?
Cashmere was the 2846th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2743rd with 47 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 316 places. More babies were named Cashmere in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Cashmere a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 23% girls, 77% boys given the name Cashmere in the US.
Where is Cashmere most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cashmere was most common in New York (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and New Jersey.