Kashton
Kashton was the 400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 797 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 378th with 858 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 545 places. More babies were named Kashton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KASH-tun /ˈkæʃtən/
- Rank in 2025
- #400 boys, up 42 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 797boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022858 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,708babies recorded
What does the name Kashton mean?
Kashton is a 21st-century American coinage. Wiktionary describes it as a blend of Kash (a spelling of Cash) and Ashton, the English place-based surname. It appears in SSA data from 2004 and became common in the 2010s. As a blend of fashionable sounds it has no traditional meaning. Similar recent blends include Kason, Jaxton and Paxton.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern blend; no documented meaning.
Related names: Kash, Ashton, Cash.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kashton', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Nicknames for Kashton
The usual nicknames for Kashton are Kash. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 boys named Kashton in the last five years, 165 were named Kash, against 1081 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kash | Modern | #286 | 6,585 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Kashtons go by each one.
Kashton popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 50 since 2016.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #400 | 797 |
| 2020 | #442 | 672 |
| 2010 | #2,025 | 68 |
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How popular is Kashton, counting every spelling?
Kashton is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #308 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #400 for Kashton on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,139 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashton | 797 | #400 | 3,980 |
| Cashton | 193 | #1,112 | 989 |
| Kashtyn | 78 | #1,967 | 427 |
| Kashten | 37 | #3,214 | 139 |
| Cashtyn | 18 | #5,243 | 85 |
| Kashtin | 11 | #7,430 | 47 |
| Cashten | 5 | #12,366 | 41 |
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 Kashton?
797 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kashton (0.22 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kashton 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 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kashton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kashton?
About 7,600 people born in the US named Kashton are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Kashton 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.
Kashton by state
How common Kashton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.1×), West Virginia (3.9×), Alabama (3.7×), South Carolina (3.3×), Kentucky (3.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Connecticut, New Jersey, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kashton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kashton, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kashton · Sibling names for Kashton
Questions about the name Kashton
How popular is the name Kashton?
Kashton was the 400th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 797 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 378th with 858 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 545 places. More babies were named Kashton in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kashton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kashton in the US.
Where is Kashton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kashton was most common in Mississippi (2.80 per 1,000 boys), followed by West Virginia and Alabama.