Kashmir
Feminine · “of Kashmir”
Kashmir is given to both — 559 girls and 1,357 boys since 1880. See Kashmir as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Led Zeppelin released Kashmir in 1975, and the band had never been to Kashmir; the song was written in the Moroccan desert. That is fairly typical of how the word travels, and it is the strongest single reason Americans have used it as a name.
How old is the name Kashmir?
Kashmir first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Kashmir alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 600 people named Kashmir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kashmir most popular?
Kashmir peaked in 1991, reaching #5399 nationally. Today it ranks #6546, 1,147 places below that high. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kashmir to Kashmir
The story of Kashmir
Kashmir sits between the Himalaya and the Pir Panjal and has been contested between India, Pakistan and China since 1947; before that it was famous in Europe chiefly for shawls. The name entered English twice, once as a place and once as a fabric, and the two spellings diverged. Its use as an American given name is small and belongs mostly to the period after 1975, when a widely played rock song fixed the word in the popular ear for a generation. Kashmir's best year on file is 1991, and both spellings appear in American records, with this one closer to the map.
Meaningnot established
of Kashmir
Kashmir's own name has no settled derivation. Sanskrit sources connect it to the sage Kashyapa, and other readings have been proposed from local languages; none is established. This spelling is the map spelling of the region, distinct from the English trade word cashmere that names the wool, which is the same place name reshaped for commerce in the eighteenth century.
How the name formed
- Kashmir
- Kashmir
Related forms: Cashmere · Kashmir · Cachemire
Pronouncing Kashmir
KASH-meer
Two syllables with the stress at the front in English. South Asian speakers put the weight at the end, kash-MEER, which is closer to the region's own name.
Nicknames for Kashmir
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
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 201523 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #5399reached in 1991
- Change vs 2024
- −5.6%17 in 2025, from 18
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.
Kashmir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cashmere in English — spelling variant
- Kashmir in Urdu — same name
- Cachemire in French — related form
Kashmirs among us
people named Kashmir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 94,545 born in 2025 was named Kashmir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ronia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kashmir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ronia climbed just as high around 1958, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ronia's path sketches the road Kashmir is walking now.
Kashmir 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
Kashmir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kashmir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A real place with a strong and specific set of images behind it.
- Kash is short, current and works entirely on its own.
- The map spelling is the more serious of the two available.
- Kashmir is a disputed territory and the name carries that context.
- Cashmere is the more common spelling in American given-name records.
- The rock song is the first association for a great many adults.
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Feminine · #6546 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kashmirs 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 Kashmir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kashmir in 2025?
- Kashmir ranks #6546 among US girl names in 2025, with 17 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kashmir?
- About 1 in every 94,545 US girls born in 2025 was named Kashmir — 17 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kashmir with classmates?
- Kashmir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kashmir
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