Cash is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ready money”, English word name, from French caisse, money box. Often chosen in tribute to the country singer Johnny Cash, and sometimes used as a short form of Cassius.

Cash

Gender: Boy
Say it: KASH
Origin: English
UK rank, 2025: #2,087 for boys
US rank, 2025: #287 for boys

Cash is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ready money”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 287th for boys in the US (1,181 babies).

What does Cash mean?

English: English word name, from French caisse, money box

“ready money”

Often chosen in tribute to the country singer Johnny Cash, and sometimes used as a short form of Cassius.

Is Cash a girl's or a boy's name?

Cash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 1,181 boys in the US.

How popular is Cash in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,087among boys
Babies in 2025: 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Cash, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 31 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Cash than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Cash in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Cash or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.

Kash 20
Cash 12

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 31 in 20182025

Cash in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	12	#2,087
2024	23	#1,263
2023	23	#1,286
2022	22	#1,312
2021	30	#1,064
2020	27	#1,105
2019	17	#1,543
2018	31	#1,017
2017	21	#1,331
2016	21	#1,347
2015	15	#1,693
2014	15	#1,650
2013	16	#1,560
2012	17	#1,542
2011	12	#1,890
2010	16	#1,585
2009	18	#1,391
2008	8	#2,384
2007	9	#2,139
2006	5	#3,013
2005	0	–
2004	0	–
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	3	#3,043

How popular is Cash in the US?

Rank in 2025: #287among boys
Babies in 2025: 1,181about 1 in 1,400 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,181 boys in the US were named Cash, making it the 287th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 264th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 1,483 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885. 7 girls were also named Cash in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Cash in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,427 boys in the US were given Cash or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #170, up from #287 for this spelling alone.

Kash 1,183
Cash 1,181
Cache 34
Kashh 10
Kasch 8
Kashe 6
Kache 5

1885Busiest: 1,483 in 20132025

Cash in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	1,181	#287
2024	1,087	#316
2023	1,152	#288
2022	1,310	#264
2021	1,405	#253
2020	1,292	#264
2019	1,263	#280
2018	1,280	#276
2017	1,273	#284
2016	1,447	#252
2015	1,368	#266
2014	1,328	#275
2013	1,483	#243
2012	1,318	#268
2011	1,311	#264
2010	1,319	#263
2009	1,389	#250
2008	1,388	#254
2007	969	#329
2006	787	#380
2005	308	#680
2004	228	#790
2003	166	#968
2002	131	#1,111
2001	86	#1,437
2000	77	#1,548
1999	67	#1,601
1998	57	#1,765
1997	44	#2,021
1996	41	#2,068
1995	56	#1,618
1994	53	#1,684
1993	43	#1,902
1992	36	#2,123
1991	44	#1,792
1990	65	#1,378
1989	35	#2,022
1988	40	#1,726
1987	42	#1,634
1986	18	#2,776
1985	29	#1,974
1984	24	#2,158
1983	22	#2,271
1982	26	#2,058
1981	18	#2,568
1980	17	#2,728
1979	16	#2,776
1978	17	#2,567
1977	13	#3,036
1976	18	#2,416
1975	11	#3,244
1974	15	#2,547
1973	19	#2,122
1972	17	#2,243
1971	22	#1,915
1970	30	#1,545
1969	9	#3,061
1968	7	#3,364
1967	8	#2,984
1966	9	#2,783
1965	7	#3,242
1964	11	#2,545
1963	18	#1,901
1962	27	#1,514
1961	25	#1,601
1960	18	#1,909
1959	7	#3,289
1958	10	#2,640
1957	8	#3,022
1956	9	#2,796
1955	5	#3,884
1954	0	–
1953	9	#2,708
1952	5	#3,731
1951	0	–
1950	0	–
1949	7	#3,018
1948	6	#3,315
1947	0	–
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	6	#3,108
1943	6	#3,229
1942	0	–
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	6	#3,252
1934	6	#3,275
1933	0	–
1932	8	#2,849
1931	5	#3,761
1930	5	#3,999
1929	6	#3,557
1928	8	#3,074
1927	5	#4,208
1926	5	#4,199
1925	9	#2,934
1924	6	#3,865
1923	8	#3,173
1922	0	–
1921	5	#4,320
1920	5	#4,284
1919	14	#2,151
1918	7	#3,367
1917	8	#2,955
1916	6	#3,515
1915	7	#3,081
1914	8	#2,456
1913	12	#1,579
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	5	#1,056
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	8	#768
1892	0	–
1891	7	#765
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	7	#752
1886	6	#845
1885	5	#935

Names like Cash

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Cash

Kash Cache Kasch Kashe Kache

Names related to Cash

Cass Cas Case Cashus Cashis

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Cash: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cash, updated 20 October 2026.