Kashmir
Recorded 1982–2025 · United States
Kashmir was most popular in 2022, when 200 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,269 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,677, with 151 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,916 people named Kashmir.
Kashmir over time
How old is the name Kashmir?
Kashmir first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1982, which makes it about 43 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 44 years since.
How many people are named Kashmir?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,916 American births named Kashmir between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,899 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kashmir in 2025?
151 American babies were named Kashmir in 2025, ranking #2,677 that year.
Is Kashmir getting more or less popular?
Kashmir is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 171 births a year, against 40 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +331% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kashmir a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kashmir is a unisex name — 29.2% of the 1,916 Americans given it were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kashmir?
Roughly 1,899 Americans named Kashmir are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 12. That is a narrow band because Kashmir is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kashmir is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org