Cash — #316 US boys' name
26,512 babies named Cash in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Cash was born in this single decade.
1,483 babies were named Cash in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cash
The Social Security Administration has registered 26,512 babies named Cash between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cash currently holds the #316 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 1,483 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cash performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13,386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cash shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cash in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cash 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 26,512 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.
Cash at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Cash popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1885
- Peak year (2013)
- 1,483
- Annual births at peak — across 140 years of records
Currently ranks #316 among boys.
26,512 total births across 140 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 1,483 births in a single year.
Cash popularity over time — girls
127 total births recorded since 2007 (Cash as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cash accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cash by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 13,386 births that decade — 50% of Cash's all-time total
Cash decade highlights
- Peak decade 13,386 births
- Runner-up 6,238 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cash's strongest decade
13,386 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Cash by state
Where Cash concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,316 | 12.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,232 | 12.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,036 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 849 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 792 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 785 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 781 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 748 | 2.8% |
3,316 of 26,512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
- Texas 12.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.2% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cash appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1885–2024 (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.