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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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
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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—
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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—
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1944#2,09617—
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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 1967

  • 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: #668 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,769 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWIMichigan: #882 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,251 girlsMINew York: #944 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,949 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #913 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,545 girlsOHPennsylvania: 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: #1,484 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,491 girlsCAUtah: 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: #520 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,580 girlsVAMaryland: 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: #451 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,273 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #594 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,567 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #441 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,416 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #453 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,121 girlsLAMississippi: #322 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,869 girlsMSAlabama: #462 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsALGeorgia: #504 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,610 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedHITexas: #796 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,358 girlsTXFlorida: #469 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,765 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#322 · 1 in 1,869
  2. South Carolina#441 · 1 in 3,416
  3. Tennessee#451 · 1 in 4,273
  4. Louisiana#453 · 1 in 3,121
  5. Alabama#462 · 1 in 3,819

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#322101 in 1,869
South Carolina#44161 in 3,416
Tennessee#45171 in 4,273
Louisiana#453101 in 3,121
Alabama#46271 in 3,819
Florida#469111 in 3,765
Georgia#50481 in 4,610
Virginia#52061 in 5,580
North Carolina#59461 in 6,567
Illinois#668111 in 7,769
Texas#796111 in 8,358
Michigan#88251 in 14,251
Ohio#91351 in 16,545
New York#944101 in 13,949
California#1,48461 in 25,491
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1967

girls
#788
159 births · 1 in 10,384 girls

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #788Casandra159
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 10,384 of them was named Casandra, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casandra
  1. #779Rhoda161
  2. #779Windy161
  3. #787Dixie160
  4. #788Casandra159
  5. #788Kami159
  6. #788Machelle159
  7. #788Maricela159
  8. #792Monika158
  9. #793Anthony157
  10. #793Buffy157

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →