Casandra

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #4,973
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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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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—
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1957#1,44254—
1956#1,56046—
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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 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWIMichigan: #786 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,853 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedTXFlorida: #687 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,182 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#687 · 1 in 9,182
  2. Michigan#786 · 1 in 15,853

Best ever in a state: #149 in Rhode Island, 1983.

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See more about Casandra
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,664 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #10,107)
  • 2,895 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #10,107)
  • 4,649 spots since 2015 (#5,458 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1965 (#1,051 → #883)
  • Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2004 (#806 → #997)
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.

Casandra in 1957

girls
#1,442
54 births · 1 in 37,868 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,442Casandra54
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 37,868 of them was named Casandra, which outranked 79.4% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casandra
  1. #1,427Suanne55
  2. #1,427Trudie55
  3. #1,427Valinda55
  4. #1,442Casandra54
  5. #1,442Ardis54
  6. #1,442Darcel54
  7. #1,442Gearldine54
  8. #1,458Alexa53
  9. #1,458Bernetta53
  10. #1,458Carma53

Tied with 15 names at #1,442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957 →