girls:
679 births since 1983
#5037 (12th percentile)
boys:
571 births since 1920
#4015 (12th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1920
#6491 (16th percentile)
The name Cashmere is the #6,491 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,250 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,037 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 679 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,015 (12.4% percentile) for all time with 571 births since 1920.
Cashmere first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Cashmere is available in 41 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (40 years for girls and 28 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cashmere is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 77.0% of babies named Cashmere were boys.
For girls, Cashmere reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #819) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cashmere ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 43.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cashmere reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #869) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cashmere is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #869 (4.6% percentile) with 26 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cashmere".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Cashmere. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 32.7% confident that Cashmere is pronounced as KASH-mihr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KASH-mear, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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