Kashi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-shee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kashi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “shining, luminous”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kashi mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit Kashi, from kash 'to shine'
“shining, luminous”
Kashi is the ancient name of Varanasi, the holy Hindu city on the Ganges.
Is Kashi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kashi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Kashi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kashi, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. It first appears in the records in 2002. 7 boys were also named Kashi in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kashi of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kashi in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kashi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Kashi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishvi Dhriti Vaani Sanvi Aashvi Navi Saanvi Yashvi Anvi Nirvi Aarvi Ishanvi
Names related to Kashi
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Kashi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kashi, updated 20 October 2026.