Kashmere
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KASH-meer
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,421 for boys
Unisex
Kashmere is a name of English origin, meaning “cashmere wool”. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Kashmere mean?
English: respelling of cashmere, the soft goat wool
“cashmere wool”
Cashmere wool takes its name from Kashmir, the Himalayan region linked with the fine goat fibre.
Is Kashmere a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kashmere has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 56 boys in the US.
How popular is Kashmere in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Kashmere, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,657th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 63 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986. 18 girls were also named Kashmere in 2025 (6,324th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kashmere in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were given Kashmere or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,485, up from #2,421 for this spelling alone.
- Kashmere 56
- Cashmere 44
In 2007, 65% of the babies named Kashmere in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 24%, with more boys than girls since 2012.
Kashmere in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 47 | #2,657 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Names like Kashmere
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire Zyaire Knowledge Kyrie Tatum Beckham Sire Kobe Ridge Karter Zaire Koda
Other spellings of Kashmere
Names related to Kashmere
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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, “Kashmere: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kashmere, updated 20 October 2026.