Kashif

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Kashif is an Arabic word, commonly used as a male given name in the Muslim world. Its meaning is close to the "revealer", "discoverer", "uncoverer" or "pioneer", "explorer".

From Wikipedia

Kashif first appears in the data in 1973 and has been recorded in 52 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1985 with 69 babies (rank #1,119 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys (rank #11,615). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Kashif

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kashif yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

916
Total babies (all years)
52
Years in the data
69
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19735#5,480
19746#4,947
19758#4,121
19767#4,680
19778#4,388
197813#3,147
19799#4,234
198010#3,989
198113#3,319
198213#3,401
198343#1,455
198457#1,218
198569#1,119
198654#1,340
198741#1,673
198858#1,366
198949#1,627
199041#1,884
199125#2,717
199233#2,277
199323#2,984
199421#3,276
199524#2,978
199619#3,612
19978#6,948
199812#5,313
19996#9,307
200013#5,445
20018#7,941
200213#5,564
200314#5,417
200414#5,639
20056#10,797
20069#8,395
200715#5,796
20088#9,439
200910#8,004
201010#7,870
201110#7,794
201210#7,848
20136#11,460
20147#10,190
20159#8,383
20167#10,211
20179#8,501
20185#13,161
201910#7,929
202012#6,821
202112#6,899
202210#8,038
20238#9,342
20246#11,615