Cash

Cash lands like a slammed register drawer, single-syllable and unapologetic. Originally an English surname for a maker of cases or a short form of Cassius, the name now lives most vividly in the shadow of Johnny Cash, whose black suit and baritone shaped a century of American music. Parents picked up on that outlaw cool in the 2000s, and the name has climbed steadily into the top 300s. There is swagger in the sound, a little desert dust, a little honkytonk neon. Short, confident, and impossible to mispronounce, Cash wears its own boots into any room.