How popular is the name Cash?

Cash ranks 515th among boys' names in US records, with 43,843 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 24,957.

Is Cash a unisex name?

No. Cash is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2013, when 2,268 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kash, Cache, Kasch. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#515 of boy names

Pronounced K AE0 SH EY1 (ARPABET)

Cash is a boys' name, and first appears in 1885. It has been given to 43,843 children — the 515th most common boys' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 56% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2013, when 2,268 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Kash, Cache and Kasch — because they are pronounced identically.

20132,268

These spellings sound identical to Cash and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cash?: Cash ranks 515th among boys' names in US records, with 43,843 births since 1885. Over the past decade it accounts for 24,957.
Is Cash a unisex name?: No. Cash is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cash most popular?: 2013, when 2,268 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cash spelled?: Kash, Cache, Kasch. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.