Unisex name · since 2002

Kashi

Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Kashi, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#30,805 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,356 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Kashi is the #7356 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 72 recorded since 2002.

Social Security Administration records show Kashi recorded 72 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #7356 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #30,805 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,356 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 72 born since 2002
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashi ranks #30,805 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,356 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,805 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,356 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2002
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%57.4%
Kashi vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kashi's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kashi compares

72 20th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kashi's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kashi Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 72 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Kashi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Kashi's full recorded timeline at 2021, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Kashi popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
15
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
05101520 2002200720182019202020212022202320242025 15

Kashi popularity over time - boys

28 total births recorded since 2004 (Kashi as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 28 births
4.555.566.577.5 20042021202320242025 7

Kashi by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 67% of the file).

2020s was Kashi's strongest decade.

48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.

Kashi births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (67% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kashi?
Since 2002, Social Security records show 72 babies named Kashi. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #30,805 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,356 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 15 births.
Where does Kashi sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashi ranks #30,805 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,356 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kashi most popular?
Kashi was most popular in the 2020s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Is Kashi a unisex name?
Yes, Kashi is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 72 births, and as a boy's name it has 28 births.
How long has the name Kashi been used?
Records for Kashi go back to 2002, giving 24 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kashi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kassandra, Kasey, Kassidy, Kasandra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Kashi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2025 (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 Kashi 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.