# Kash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kæʃ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,649 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17,367 / 282 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 284, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Re-spelling of Cash.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 13,044 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,790 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,312 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,846 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,221 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,543 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,945 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,711 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,100 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,092 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,680 |
| 2022 | 22 | 5,728 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,063 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7,084 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,480 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 381 | 622 |
| 2012 | 507 | 520 |
| 2013 | 725 | 408 |
| 2014 | 841 | 373 |
| 2015 | 844 | 382 |
| 2016 | 908 | 365 |
| 2017 | 943 | 355 |
| 2018 | 1,049 | 320 |
| 2019 | 1,183 | 289 |
| 2020 | 1,380 | 255 |
| 2021 | 1,481 | 240 |
| 2022 | 1,446 | 244 |
| 2023 | 1,327 | 260 |
| 2024 | 1,148 | 293 |
| 2025 | 1,183 | 286 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Kash

- Kash Patel, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.