Fun Facts About the Name Cash
- More than 27 thousand babies named Cash: U.S. records list 27,827 babies given the name Cash from 1880 through 2025. Even 134 girls received the name Cash - about 1 girl for every 207 boys.
What Does the Name Cash Mean?
Cash is an English given name taken from the surname Cash. In its English origin, the surname comes from Middle English casse, "box, chest, case," borrowed from Old French casse and ultimately from Latin capsa, "box." It was probably an occupational surname for a maker of boxes or chests, or a descriptive name for someone who kept a money box. The modern English word cash comes from the same word family: it first meant a money box and later the money itself, so the given name is also commonly understood as "money." A separate Irish origin for the surname is an anglicized form of Mac Caisín, a patronymic from a diminutive of cas, "curly." That origin does not share the English "box" etymology, so the name does not have one single meaning for every family.
Cash Name History & Origins
The surname Cash is medieval English. It comes from Middle English casse, a box or chest, and was used as an occupational or descriptive surname. The English noun cash - first a money box, then money - entered the language in the 16th century from Middle French casse or Italian cassa. In Ireland, Cash developed separately as an anglicization of Mac Caisín, "son of Caisín," from a personal name based on cas, "curly." As a first name, Cash is a modern transferred surname rather than a medieval given name. It is used in English-speaking countries and is identical to the common noun, but no single event or literary work accounts for its adoption.
How Popular is the Name Cash?
Cash recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2013. Its best rank was #243 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,167 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,649 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #10,465 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,549 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,446 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #8,059 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #14,158 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,604 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #10,108 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #8,485 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #13,346 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #12,214 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #15,347 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,293 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #13,750 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #14,213 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #287 | 1,181 | 0.0691% |
| 2024 | #316 | 1,085 | 0.0633% |
| 2023 | #289 | 1,151 | 0.0674% |
| 2022 | #264 | 1,309 | 0.0750% |
| 2021 | #253 | 1,405 | 0.0804% |
| 2020 | #266 | 1,288 | 0.0747% |
| 2019 | #280 | 1,263 | 0.0704% |
| 2018 | #276 | 1,279 | 0.0704% |
| 2017 | #284 | 1,272 | 0.0687% |
| 2016 | #253 | 1,446 | 0.0762% |
| 2015 | #266 | 1,368 | 0.0714% |
| 2014 | #275 | 1,327 | 0.0691% |
| 2013 | #243 | 1,483 | 0.0784% |
| 2012 | #268 | 1,318 | 0.0695% |
| 2011 | #264 | 1,311 | 0.0690% |
| 2010 | #263 | 1,319 | 0.0688% |
| 2009 | #250 | 1,389 | 0.0700% |
| 2008 | #255 | 1,388 | 0.0680% |
| 2007 | #329 | 969 | 0.0467% |
| 2006 | #380 | 787 | 0.0383% |
| 2005 | #680 | 308 | 0.0154% |
| 2004 | #791 | 228 | 0.0115% |
| 2003 | #969 | 166 | 0.0084% |
| 2002 | #1,113 | 131 | 0.0067% |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 86 | 0.0044% |
| 2000 | #1,554 | 77 | 0.0039% |
| 1999 | #1,606 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 1998 | #1,769 | 57 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #2,030 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #2,078 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 1994 | #1,692 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #1,913 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1992 | #2,135 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #1,803 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 1990 | #1,384 | 65 | 0.0032% |
| 1989 | #2,033 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 1988 | #1,737 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1987 | #1,636 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1986 | #2,792 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #1,978 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1984 | #2,169 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #2,283 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1982 | #2,063 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #2,585 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #2,740 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1979 | #2,789 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #2,582 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #3,064 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #2,432 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #3,273 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1974 | #2,567 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #2,137 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1972 | #2,260 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #1,924 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1970 | #1,547 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1969 | #3,097 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #3,416 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #3,025 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #2,806 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,281 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #2,557 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #1,907 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1962 | #1,519 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1961 | #1,607 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1960 | #1,917 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1959 | #3,324 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #2,665 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #3,052 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,823 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #3,958 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #2,736 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #3,816 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,064 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,368 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #3,158 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,273 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1935 | #3,315 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1934 | #3,338 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #2,884 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #3,845 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #4,080 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1929 | #3,612 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1928 | #3,116 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #4,291 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1926 | #4,295 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #2,963 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1924 | #3,945 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #3,213 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #4,436 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #4,392 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1919 | #2,167 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1918 | #3,415 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #2,991 | 8 | 0.0009% |
| 1916 | #3,567 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #3,137 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1914 | #2,481 | 8 | 0.0012% |
| 1913 | #1,595 | 12 | 0.0023% |
| 1897 | #1,090 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1893 | #778 | 8 | 0.0071% |
| 1891 | #781 | 7 | 0.0069% |
| 1887 | #760 | 7 | 0.0069% |
| 1886 | #856 | 6 | 0.0054% |
| 1885 | #960 | 5 | 0.0046% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Cash Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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Dependable, very down-to-earth and well grounded, you are always looking for meaningful work, a career where you can take pride in your work and do the best job you are capable of. Your prime desire is to build protected and secure environment at home and at work. You can be very persuasive in achieving goals and gaining objectives. You can be very detailed and well-organized and possess great organizational skills. At times you may appear too stubborn and overly critical to others, but your practical approach to life and productivity makes you one of the most beneficent members of community.
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