Kashmir
Kashmir was the 1378th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 134 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1152nd with 180 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,742 places. More babies were named Kashmir in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,378 boys, down 63 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 134boys
- Girls and boys
- 10% girls, 90% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022180 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,916babies recorded
Kashmir popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,680 | #1,378 | 17 | 134 |
| 2020 | #5,971 | #1,315 | 20 | 137 |
| 2010 | #11,744 | #7,335 | 9 | 11 |
| 2000 | #6,638 | — | 16 | — |
| 1990 | #6,644 | — | 13 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
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How popular is Kashmir, counting every spelling?
Kashmir is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,178 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,378 for Kashmir on its own. Together these spellings went to 160 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashmir | 134 | #1,378 | 770 |
| Cashmir | 16 | #5,651 | 83 |
| Kashmire | 10 | #7,950 | 37 |
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 Kashmir?
134 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kashmir (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kashmir 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 63 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kashmir.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kashmir?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Kashmir are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Kashmir 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.
Kashmir by state
How common Kashmir was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (4.3×), Georgia (3.2×), North Carolina (2.9×), Illinois (2.3×), Wisconsin (2.2×). In 31 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 Kashmir: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kashmir, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kashmir
How popular is the name Kashmir?
Kashmir was the 1378th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 134 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1152nd with 180 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,742 places. More babies were named Kashmir in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kashmir a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 10% girls, 90% boys given the name Kashmir in the US.
Where is Kashmir most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kashmir was most common in South Carolina (0.39 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.