Cash Boy
How popular is Cash?
#287 boy name in 2025
1,181 baby boys were named Cash in the US in 2025, making it the 287th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Cash popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #287 for boys (▲ 29 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,181 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #266 in 2015, #264 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (1,483 boys) |
| Highest rank | #243 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cash counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cash family of names ranked #169 for boys in 2025 (#181 the year before), with 2,380 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 1,181 | 50% |
| Kash | 1,183 | 50% |
| Kashe | 6 | 0% |
| Kashh | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cash is most popular
Babies named Cash per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Cash by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #752 |
| 1890s | 20 | #765 |
| 1910s | 62 | #1,579 |
| 1920s | 57 | #2,934 |
| 1930s | 30 | #2,849 |
| 1940s | 25 | #3,018 |
| 1950s | 53 | #2,641 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,514 |
| 1970s | 178 | #1,545 |
| 1980s | 271 | #1,634 |
| 1990s | 506 | #1,378 |
| 2000s | 5,529 | #250 |
| 2010s | 13,390 | #243 |
| 2020s | 7,427 | #253 |
Boy names about as popular as Cash
Questions
- Is Cash a boy or girl name?
- Cash is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Cash were boys.
- How popular is the name Cash?
- 1,181 baby boys were named Cash in the US in 2025, making it the 287th most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Cash most popular?
- Cash peaked in 2013, when 1,483 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #243 in 2013.
- How many people are named Cash?
- 27,840 babies have been named Cash in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,367 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Cash most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cash was most common in Montana, at 2.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.