Cash

Meaning: Son of Cass
Origin: English surname — From Cass, a medieval short form of Cassandra, also the surname of the singer Johnny Cash

Boy's name · #287 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Cash first appeared in 1885, vanished from the records entirely for 15 years, and since returning in 1913 has climbed back to #287. About 28,000 boys have carried it in all.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#533 in Canada (2025) · #2,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #727 in Scotland (2024) · #1,765 in Sweden (2020) · #4,249 in Ecuador (2016) · #405 in New Zealand (2012).

Famous Cashes

Cash Out — American rapper and convicted rapist (born 1990)
Cash Cobain — American rapper (born 1998)
Cash Luna — Guatemalan televangelist and faith healer (born 1962)
Cash Jones — American football player (born 2002)
Cash Asmussen — American jockey (born 1962)

In stories & tradition

Cash Tankinson^fi — The Batman (TV series)
Cash — The Boy (musical stage work)

What Cashes become

Among 20 notable people named Cash:

Entertainers appear 3.55× more often than among typical names — e.g. Cash Levy, American comedian, author, actor and podcaster.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kash (#286), Cash would rank around #157 with about 2,400 births last year — the newborns split about 50/50 between Kash and Cash.

Similar names: Kash · Nash · Kai · Lawson · Kasen · Karter

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