Kashmir

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #1,376 for boys in 2025, 134 births
Given to boys 70.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 180 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,357
since 2001

Kashmir over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #5,399, 1991girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#1,376134
2024#6,39418#1,235162
2023#6,92216#1,217163
2022#5,98420#1,152180
2021#8,02413#1,397131
2020#5,85020#1,313137
2019#7,71614#1,574106
2018#6,79217#1,88679
2017#6,28719#2,49351
2016#6,18620#2,33556
2015#5,65323#3,08537
2014#5,79722#4,86619
2013#7,74815#3,66128
2012#6,87218#6,00114
2011#9,72311#7,00911
2010#11,2469#7,08711
2009#9,97511#8,3109
2008#9,47612#11,0376
2007#13,9247—
2006#17,1685—
2005#11,8348#10,1516
2004#16,0995#11,3565
2003#7,99813—
2002#12,1877#10,6675
2001#6,95615#8,3397
2000#6,48716—
1999#8,22311—
1998#9,2609—
1997#7,28312—
1996#6,06415—
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1993#5,41917—
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Kashmir! It came in at #8,339, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2002–2004, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kashmir is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,031 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,806 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMINew York: #874 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,260 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedINOhio: #1,000 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,784 boysOHPennsylvania: #807 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,999 boysPANew Jersey: #874 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,553 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,162 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 31,603 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedVAMaryland: #708 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,177 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedARTennessee: #964 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,815 boysTNNorth Carolina: #945 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,992 boysNCSouth Carolina: #549 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,858 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedALGeorgia: #554 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,957 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kashmir, so not publishedHITexas: #1,962 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 24,179 boysTXFlorida: #1,724 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 18,042 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#549 · 1 in 2,858
  2. Georgia#554 · 1 in 2,957
  3. Maryland#708 · 1 in 4,177
  4. Pennsylvania#807 · 1 in 5,999
  5. New York#874 · 1 in 6,260

Best ever in a state: #429 in South Carolina, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#54971 in 2,858
Georgia#554171 in 2,957
Maryland#70861 in 4,177
Pennsylvania#80791 in 5,999
New Jersey#87461 in 6,553
New York#874141 in 6,260
North Carolina#94571 in 6,992
Tennessee#96451 in 6,815
Ohio#1,00071 in 7,784
Illinois#1,03171 in 7,806
Florida#1,72451 in 18,042
Texas#1,96271 in 24,179
California#2,16261 in 31,603
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kashmir
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 141 spots since 2024 (#1,235 → #1,376)
  • 63 spots since 2020 (#1,313 → #1,376)
  • 1,709 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #1,376)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2022 at #1,152 (180 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,700
  • Highest: 1 in 9,700 boys born in 2022 were named Kashmir (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,747 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 66.8% of all boys named Kashmir (907) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
  • Mostly girls until 2014, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s38#8,310 (2009)#9,977
2010s412#1,574 (2019)#4,000
2020s907#1,152 (2022)#1,282

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kashmir in 2020

girls
#5,850
20 births · 1 in 80,827 girls
boys
#1,313
137 births · 1 in 12,599 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #5,850Kashmir20

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #1,313Kashmir137
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 80,827 of them was named Kashmir, which outranked 66.6% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kashmir
  1. #5,667Zhara21
  2. #5,667Zharia21
  3. #5,667Zissel21
  4. #5,850Kashmir20
  5. #5,850Aaralyn20
  6. #5,850Addilee20
  7. #5,850Adel20
  8. #6,083Aaminah19
  9. #6,083Aava19
  10. #6,083Abrar19

Tied with 232 names at #5,850; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 12,599 of them was named Kashmir, which outranked 90.7% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kashmir
  1. #1,308Elmer138
  2. #1,308Ivaan138
  3. #1,308Viaan138
  4. #1,313Kashmir137
  5. #1,313Barron137
  6. #1,313Jet137
  7. #1,313Keon137
  8. #1,320Aidyn136
  9. #1,320Coby136
  10. #1,320Izayah136

Tied with 6 names at #1,313; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →