Kash
Kash was the 286th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,183 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 240th with 1,481 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 96 places. More babies were named Kash in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KASH /kæʃ/
- Rank in 2025
- #286 boys, down 31 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,183boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20211,481 babies
- Total since 1880
- 17,649babies recorded
What does the name Kash mean?
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
Kash popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 282 since 1979, 23 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #286 | 1,183 |
| 2020 | #255 | 1,380 |
| 2010 | #603 | 413 |
| 2000 | #3,855 | 21 |
| 1990 | #3,391 | 18 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #4,498 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kash, counting every spelling?
Kash is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #164 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #286 for Kash 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 Kash?
1,183 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kash (0.33 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kash 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 7 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kash.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kash?
About 17,200 people born in the US named Kash are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Kash 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.
Kash by state
How common Kash was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (3.2×), Louisiana (3.0×), West Virginia (2.6×), Arkansas (2.5×), Kentucky (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kash: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kash, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kash · Sibling names for Kash
Kash is also a nickname for Kashton.
Questions about the name Kash
How popular is the name Kash?
Kash was the 286th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 1,183 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 240th with 1,481 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 96 places. More babies were named Kash in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kash a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kash in the US.
Where is Kash most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kash was most common in Mississippi (2.45 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and West Virginia.