Kashif — #11166 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kashif

The Social Security Administration has registered 916 babies named Kashif between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kashif currently holds the #11166 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kashif performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 407 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kashif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kashif in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kashif 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 916 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.