Names/K

Kashmir

boys’ name · 69%girls’ name · 31%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Kashmir is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 162 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1620.01% of boys
Peak year
2022180 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 2001
1,764people given the name
Babies named Kashmir, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,222 boys have been named Kashmir in the United States since 2001, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 180 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 63%.

Kashmir is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are girls (542), most of them born around 2015.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kashmir
2000s38
2010s411
2020s773

In 2022, its biggest year

Kashmir was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Kashmir

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.