Name profile

Cash

A name meaning "case; money".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#287

Meaning and history

From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning “case” and ultimately from Latin capsa, Cash also coincides with the English word cash meaning “money,” which comes from the same French and Latin roots. A notable bearer of the surname was the American musician Johnny Cash (1932–2003).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 787 births, rank #380
2007: 969 births, rank #329
2008: 1,388 births, rank #254
2009: 1,389 births, rank #250
2010: 1,319 births, rank #263
20112011: 1,311 births, rank #264
2012: 1,318 births, rank #268
2013: 1,483 births, rank #243
2014: 1,328 births, rank #275
2015: 1,368 births, rank #266
20162016: 1,447 births, rank #252
2017: 1,273 births, rank #284
2018: 1,280 births, rank #276
2019: 1,263 births, rank #280
2020: 1,292 births, rank #264
20212021: 1,405 births, rank #253
2022: 1,310 births, rank #264
2023: 1,152 births, rank #288
2024: 1,087 births, rank #316
20252025: 1,181 births, rank #287

Cash rose from #316 to #287 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2013, with 1,483 births.