Cash is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Cash means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Cash across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Cash has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Cash is a boy name of Latin origin meaning “vain, hollow, or money”. A short form of the surname Cassius, also read from the English word.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 27,840 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 307 births |
| Scotland since 1974 | 6 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Cash per year, United States (1885 to 2025). United States peaked in 2013 (1,491/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2018 (29/yr) · Scotland peaked in 2022 (3/yr).
Cash has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2013, when it ranked #464 nationally (given to 1,506 babies that year).
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