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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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—
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1978#667240—
1977#727211—
1976#766187—
1975#711208—
1974#657232—
1973#651230—
1972#655232—
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1967#788159—
1966#783158—
1965#883128—
1964#1,051106—
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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—
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1947#1,75230—
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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 1968

  • 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: #508 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,648 girlsILWisconsin: #463 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,427 girlsWIMichigan: #776 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,575 girlsMINew York: #809 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,480 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: #489 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsINOhio: #754 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,801 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,652 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #792 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,545 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: 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: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,585 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: #346 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsARTennessee: 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: #376 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,331 girlsLAMississippi: #246 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,289 girlsMSAlabama: #405 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsALGeorgia: #457 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,766 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedHITexas: #569 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsTXFlorida: #424 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,018 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#246 · 1 in 1,289
  2. Arkansas#346 · 1 in 2,166
  3. Louisiana#376 · 1 in 2,331
  4. Alabama#405 · 1 in 2,901
  5. Florida#424 · 1 in 3,018

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#246141 in 1,289
Arkansas#34661 in 2,166
Louisiana#376131 in 2,331
Alabama#40591 in 2,901
Florida#424141 in 3,018
Arizona#44351 in 2,585
Georgia#457101 in 3,766
Wisconsin#46361 in 5,427
Indiana#48981 in 4,974
Illinois#508181 in 4,648
Texas#569211 in 4,473
New Jersey#74151 in 9,652
Ohio#75471 in 11,801
Michigan#77661 in 11,575
California#792181 in 8,545
New York#809131 in 10,480
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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 1968

girls
#651
222 births · 1 in 7,389 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #651Casandra222
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 7,389 of them was named Casandra, which outranked 92.1% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casandra
  1. #648Jeanie224
  2. #648Wilma224
  3. #650Susanna223
  4. #651Casandra222
  5. #651Velma222
  6. #653Johnna221
  7. #653Mara221
  8. #655Rosalie220

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

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →