Cache — #3117 US boys' name
971 babies named Cache in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Cache was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Cache in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cache
The Social Security Administration has registered 971 babies named Cache between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cache currently holds the #3117 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Cache is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 475 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cache performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 401 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cache shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 336 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Idaho and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cache in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cache in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 971 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cache at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Cache popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1981
- Peak year (2012)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
Currently ranks #3117 among boys.
971 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 59 births in a single year.
Cache popularity over time — girls
475 total births recorded since 1986 (Cache as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Cache accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cache by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 401 births that decade — 41% of Cache's all-time total
Cache decade highlights
- Peak decade 401 births
- Runner-up 288 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cache's strongest decade
401 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Cache by state
Where Cache concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 336 | 34.6% |
| #2 | Idaho | | 32 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 31 | 3.2% |
| #4 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Nevada | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
336 of 971 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Utah 34.6% of nationwide
- Idaho 3.3% of nationwide
- Arkansas 3.2% of nationwide
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 34.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.