NameTides

Kashmir

Kashmir was the #1,376 boys' name in the US in 2025 (134 babies).

Kashmir as a boy’s name

  • US
Kashmir as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Kashmir as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#1,376 (134)
2024#1,235 (162)
2023#1,217 (163)
2022#1,152 (180)
2021#1,397 (131)
2020#1,313 (137)
2019#1,574 (106)
2018#1,886 (79)
2017#2,493 (51)
2016#2,335 (56)
2015#3,085 (37)
2014#4,866 (19)
2013#3,661 (28)
2012#6,001 (14)
2011#7,009 (11)

Kashmir as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kashmir as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Kashmir as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,546 (17)——
2024#6,394 (18)——
2023#6,922 (16)——
2022#5,984 (20)——
2021#8,024 (13)——
2020#5,850 (20)——
2019#7,716 (14)——
2018#6,792 (17)——
2017#6,287 (19)——
2016#6,186 (20)——
2015#5,653 (23)——
2014#5,797 (22)——
2013#7,748 (15)——
2012#6,872 (18)——
2011#9,723 (11)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,152.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2001.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Kashmir were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kashmir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kashmir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #936NCSouth Carolina: #470SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Kashmir (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KashmirCanadaGirls—too few
KashmirEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KashmirUSGirls#6,54617
KashmirUSBoys#1,376134