Kashton — #395 US boys' name
6,848 babies named Kashton in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Kashton was born in this single decade.
851 babies were named Kashton in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kashton
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,848 babies named Kashton between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kashton currently holds the #395 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 851 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kashton performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,842 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kashton shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 635 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kashton in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kashton 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 6,848 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.
Kashton at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kashton popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2022)
- 851
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #395 among boys.
6,848 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 851 births in a single year.
Kashton popularity over time — girls
50 total births recorded since 2016 (Kashton as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kashton accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kashton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 3,842 births that decade — 56% of Kashton's all-time total
Kashton decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,842 births
- Runner-up 2,827 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kashton's strongest decade
3,842 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Kashton by state
Where Kashton concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 635 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 354 | 5.2% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 307 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 306 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 293 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 285 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 275 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 254 | 3.7% |
635 of 6,848 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.2% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 45 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kashton appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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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, 2004–2024 (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.