Kashmere
Masculine · “of Kashmir”
Kashmere is given to both — 597 boys and 512 girls since 1880. See Kashmere as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kashmere respells Kashmir, and the fabric is named for the region — the wool of a goat bred in its highlands.
How old is the name Kashmere?
Kashmere first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Kashmere is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Kashmere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kashmere most popular?
Kashmere peaked in 2022, reaching #2269 nationally. Today it ranks #2421, 152 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From Kashmir to Kashmere
Our story of Kashmere
Our story of Kashmere is a story of a fabric and a place. Kashmir's own name is generally traced to a legend in which the sage Kashyapa drained a lake to make the valley — an origin story that matches the geology, since the valley was once a lake bed. The wool of goats bred there gave English 'cashmere'. American families took the sound as a given name in the 2000s, respelling it, and its life as a name begins there.
Meaningscholars disagree
of Kashmir
From Kashmir, whose own name is generally traced to the Sanskrit Kashyapamira, the lake of the sage Kashyapa, or to a Kashmiri term. The derivation is not settled. Cashmere the fabric is named for the region. The -mere respelling is modern American.
How the name formed
- Kashmir
- Kashmere
Related forms: Kashmir · Cashmere
Pronouncing Kashmere
KASH-meer
Two syllables, stress on the first. Kashmir and Kashmere are said identically.
Nicknames for Kashmere
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most boys named
- 202263 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2269reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- +12.0%56 in 2025, from 50
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kashmere in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kashmir in English — spelling variant
- Cashmere in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, North Carolina, New York.
Kashmeres among us
people named Kashmere are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 30,501 born in 2025 was named Kashmere
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kashmere
- #2421
- Kashmere on the 2025 chart
- #828
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kashmere went to 56 boys in 2025, but Cashmere is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 100, which makes it the 828th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,593 places above the chart.
- Kashmere56
- Cashmere44
About 1 boy in 17,081 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 30,501 for Kashmere itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Pearce test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kashmere's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Pearce climbed just as high around 1912, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Pearce's path sketches the road Kashmere is walking now.
Kashmere sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kashmere is headed
Kashmere should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kashmere beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kashmere in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the valley's legend of a drained lake matches its geology is a first-rate fact.
- Kash is available as a short form with a real record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It names a politically contested region.
- Cashmere is a fabric and the commoner English spelling.
- The region's own etymology is not settled.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kashmeres are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kashmere are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kashmere?
- Kashmere is the most-used spelling in US records — 56 of the 100 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cashmere.
- How popular is the name Kashmere in 2025?
- Kashmere ranks #2421 among US boy names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kashmere?
- About 1 in every 30,501 US boys born in 2025 was named Kashmere — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kashmere with classmates?
- Kashmere will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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