Is Kashmir a boy or girl name?

Kashmir is a unisex name. Of the 1,916 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 29.2% were girls and 70.8% were boys. It changed hands in 2015, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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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

Births per year. The dot marks Kashmir’s peak in 2022. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Kashmir

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