How rare is the name Cash?

19,369 people in the United States have the first name Cash, about 1 in 15,594. It ranks #1,633 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CASH

#1,633

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,369
About
1 in 15,594
This common or more
76.1%
Who bears it

Of the 19,369 people named Cash, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as two or more races. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cash peaked in 2013, when 1,491 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
1,491
In 2025*
1,188 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 27,840 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Cash by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #513. The largest share of babies named Cash, 61%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#2,33518
1890s#2,89720
1910s#5,28862
1920s#7,11357
1930s#7,84930
1940s#8,74825
1950s#7,89353
1960s#5,386139
1970s#5,767178
1980s#5,199271
1990s#4,217506
2000s#9995,536
2010s#51313,460
2020s#5307,485
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–962.1%
Generation Z 1997–1234.7%
2013 and later61%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Cash is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cash has been most common in Nevada (4.1×), Utah (3.4×), and Idaho (3.1×), and least common in New York (0.22×).

25,889 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cash, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Cash ranks #1,200 of 156,621, with 28,715 people. See Cash as a last name

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