Kashif
Boy · KAH-shif · Arabic
Kashif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “discoverer, revealer”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kashif mean?
Arabic
“discoverer, revealer”
- Say it
- KAH-shif
Is Kashif a girl's or a boy's name?
Kashif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kashif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kashif, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 37 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kashif in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kashif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 26 | #903 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 24 | #741 |
| 1996 | 37 | #520 |
How popular is Kashif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kashif, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kashif than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kashif in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kashif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 41 | #1,865 |
| 1989 | 49 | #1,610 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 54 | #1,333 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,213 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
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