Boys' name · since 1986
Kashief
Kashief has 29 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,112 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kashief sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 29 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashief has been recorded 29 times among boys since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1995.
- #26,112 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 29 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashief ranks #26,112 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,112 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 29
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kashief's 29 recorded births place it above 42.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kashief's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kashief's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kashief popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1995
- Peak year (1995)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1995.
29 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 8 births in a single year.
Kashief by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Kashief's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Kashief births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18 births (62% of all-time use).
Kashief decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kashief: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1986–1995 (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 Kashief 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.
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