Cashmere
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KASH-meer
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Cashmere is a name of English origin, meaning “fine wool of Kashmir goats”. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
What does Cashmere mean?
English: English word, from the Kashmir region
“fine wool of Kashmir goats”
From cashmere, the soft wool of Kashmir goats, named after the Kashmir region.
Is Cashmere a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cashmere has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 44 boys in the US.
How popular is Cashmere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Cashmere, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920. 5 girls were also named Cashmere in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cashmere in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were given Cashmere or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,485, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
- Kashmere 56
- Cashmere 44
In 1994, 81% of the babies named Cashmere in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 10%, with more boys than girls since 2018.
Cashmere in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Nicknames for Cashmere
- Cash 12 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Cashmere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Case Ridge Cannon Kyaire Cove Deacon Callan Caspian Cade Kayden Camden Cassian
Other spellings of Cashmere
Names related to Cashmere
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Cashmere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cashmere, updated 20 October 2026.