Unisex name · since 1986
Kashmere
597 babies named Kashmere in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,438 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 597
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
597 babies have been named Kashmere since 1986, making it today's #2438 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Kashmere recorded 597 times among boys since 1986, holding rank #2438 nationally today, ahead of 82% of boys, 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 1986 to 2025.
- #7,096 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,438 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 597 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kashmere ranks #7,096 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,438 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 597 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,096 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,438 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 597
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kashmere's 597 recorded births place it above 84.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kashmere compares
597 Top 41% higher than 59% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kashmere's all-time total is 62% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kashmere | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 597 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kashmere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kashmere splits its recorded history at 2015: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kashmere popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kashmere popularity over time - girls
512 total births recorded since 1987 (Kashmere as girls' name)
Kashmere by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (319 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Kashmere's strongest decade.
319 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kashmere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 49
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
223 births
- 2020s
2020s
319 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 319 births (53% of all-time use).
How Kashmere compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kashmere's total volume
Kashmere by state
Where Kashmere concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 17 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 16 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 11 | 1.8% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 7 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
23 of 597 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Kashmere appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Kashmeres (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kashmere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Kashmere 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.