Cashel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KASH-el
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Cashel is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “stone fort”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Cashel mean?
Irish: Irish caiseal, from Latin castellum
“stone fort”
The Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary was the seat of the kings of Munster.
Is Cashel a girl's or a boy's name?
Cashel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cashel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Cashel, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had fewer boys named Cashel than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Cashel in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cashel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
Nicknames for Cashel
- Cash 12 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Cashel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callan Declan Ronan Finn Callahan Aiden Cassian Brayden Kayden Kian Rowan Cannon
Names related to Cashel
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin Sloane
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cashel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cashel, updated 20 October 2026.