Kashon — #9259 US boys' name
257 babies named Kashon in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Kashon was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Kashon in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kashon
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Kashon between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kashon currently holds the #9259 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kashon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kashon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kashon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kashon 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 257 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.
Kashon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kashon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (1994)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #9259 among boys.
257 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 19 births in a single year.
Kashon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 90 births that decade — 35% of Kashon's all-time total
Kashon decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kashon's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Kashon by state
Where Kashon concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 7 | 2.7% |
7 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.