Kashif comes from the Urdu tradition, meaning Discoverer, unearth, reveler, revealer, explainer..
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How popular is Kashif?
1985peak year
Today, Kashif is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #9090), with only about 9 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1985, 69 babies were given the name (ranked #1119 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. Kashif's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 916 babies have been registered as Kashif since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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