Cachet — girls' name
285 babies named Cachet in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Cachet was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Cachet in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cachet
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Cachet between 1972 and 1999, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cachet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cachet performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cachet shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cachet 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 285 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.
Cachet at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cachet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1972
- Peak year (1986)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
285 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 20 births in a single year.
Cachet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 154 births that decade — 54% of Cachet's all-time total
Cachet decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cachet's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–1999 (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.