Kashmir Boy
How popular is Kashmir?
#1,376 boy name in 2025
134 baby boys were named Kashmir in the US in 2025, making it the 1376th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
Kashmir popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,376 for boys (▼ 141 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 134 boys, 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+262% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,084 in 2015, #1,313 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (180 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,152 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 2001 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 87% boys, 13% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kashmir counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kashmir family of names ranked #854 for boys in 2025 (#824 the year before), with 260 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kashmir | 134 | 52% |
| Kashmere | 56 | 22% |
| Cashmere | 44 | 17% |
| Cashmir | 16 | 6% |
| Kashmire | 10 | 4% |
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 Kashmir is most popular
Babies named Kashmir per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Kashmir by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kashmir
Questions
- Is Kashmir a boy or girl name?
- Kashmir is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Kashmir were boys.
- How popular is the name Kashmir?
- 134 baby boys were named Kashmir in the US in 2025, making it the 1376th most popular boy name. Another 17 girls got the name (#6,545 for girls).
- When was Kashmir most popular?
- Kashmir peaked in 2022, when 180 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,152 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kashmir?
- 1,916 babies have been named Kashmir in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,905 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Kashmir most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kashmir was most common in South Carolina, at 0.4 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.