Casandra

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Peak · girls
1989 · 624 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,784
since 1940

Casandra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Casandra has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #396, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079—
2024#8,44312—
2023#7,64014—
2022#6,98416—
2021#6,96716—
2020#7,21215—
2019#6,17619—
2018#5,15225—
2017#5,33824—
2016#4,53131—
2015#5,45824—
2014#3,84839—
2013#3,51344—
2012#3,91539—
2011#2,23884—
2010#2,47675—
2009#1,947107—
2008#1,713130—
2007#1,381175—
2006#1,240194—
2005#1,004243—
2004#997236—
2003#806307—
2002#724338—
2001#717342—
2000#718322—
1999#674338—
1998#599400—
1997#544436—
1996#572405—
1995#552426—
1994#506489—
1993#517472—
1992#498487—
1991#478510—
1990#404642—
1989#396624—
1988#477477—
1987#570348—
1986#520397—
1985#507399—
1984#521372#4,9737
1983#506383—
1982#475439—
1981#557334—
1980#676258—
1979#771208—
1978#667240—
1977#727211—
1976#766187—
1975#711208—
1974#657232—
1973#651230—
1972#655232—
1971#631263—
1970#651250—
1969#651235—
1968#651222—
1967#788159—
1966#783158—
1965#883128—
1964#1,051106—
1963#1,31970—
1962#1,24778—
1961#1,36067—
1960#1,31270—
1959#1,29968—
1958#1,25372—
1957#1,44254—
1956#1,56046—
1955#1,64139—
1954#1,54043—
1953#1,83430—
1952#1,61136—
1951#1,36247—
1950#1,60234—
1949#1,33547—
1948#1,26752—
1947#1,75230—
1946#1,67828—
1945#1,99318—
1944#2,09617—
1943#1,52730—
1942#2,04618—
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1940#4,3495—
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Casandra! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1940–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Casandra is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Casandra in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Casandra
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,895 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1965
  • Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2004
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1989 at #396 (624 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1965–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,954
  • Highest: 1 in 2,954 girls born in 1989 were named Casandra (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Casandra (4,605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s245#1,267 (1948)#2,005
1950s469#1,253 (1958)#1,514
1960s1,293#651 (1969)#1,005
1970s2,261#631 (1971)#689
1980s4,031#396 (1989)#521
1990s4,605#404 (1990)#534
2000s2,394#717 (2001)#1,125
2010s404#2,238 (2011)#4,265
2020s82#6,967 (2021)#7,892

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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