Girls' name · since 1972
Cachet
Cachet has 285 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 285
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
285 girls have been named Cachet since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cachet has 285 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1999.
- #16,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 285 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cachet ranks #16,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 285 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 285
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cachet's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cachet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cachet's full recorded timeline at 1986, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cachet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1999
- Peak year (1986)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Cachet by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (154 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Cachet's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Cachet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s
1980s
154 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 154 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Cachet's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (154 total births) through the 1990s (87) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cachet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cachet draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.