Given name & surname

Kasha

“from the state in India”

Kasha is a variant of Kashmir. One Sanskrit interpretation is “from the state in India.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kasha is a variant of Kashmir. One Sanskrit interpretation is “from the state in India.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Kasha is a variant of Kashmir. An origin associated with Kashmir is Sanskrit.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kasha through the years

Babies since 1880
1,518
0 boys · 1,518 girls
Most popular year
1990
86 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0204060198020002025Highest share 19900.0
Kasha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1964–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 86 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,439 as a first name in 2020; 267 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Kasha’s family of names

Kasha has a related form in Kashmir.

Walk Kasha’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kasha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

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>99% girls

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Kalesha

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>99% girls

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Kasea

“a vigilant woman” · “a vigilant man; one who is alert”

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>99% girls

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Keneasha

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>99% girls

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Catria

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>99% girls

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Kanesia

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>99% girls

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Kadaisha

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>99% girls

Modern

Caitria

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kasha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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