girls:
243 births since 1979
#5473 (4th percentile)
boys:
15k births since 1916
#955 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.3k births since 1916
#2121 (73rd percentile)
The name Kash is the #2,121 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,255 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 72.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #955 (79.2% percentile) for all time with 15,012 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,473 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 243 births since 1979.
Kash first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Kash is available in 59 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 14 years for girls). 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 Kash has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kash reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 75.0% percentile (ranked #232) with 770 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 790 births per million (ranked 74.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1986, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kash ranks #253 for boys (72.3% percentile) with 719 births per million, which is 91.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kash reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #912) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kash ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 70.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kash".
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