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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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—
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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—
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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 1994

  • 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: #233 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #369 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,562 girlsMNIllinois: #567 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,907 girlsILWisconsin: #424 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,924 girlsWIMichigan: #562 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,170 girlsMINew York: #515 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,588 girlsNYMassachusetts: #296 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,780 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedRIOregon: #349 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,781 girlsORNevada: 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: #348 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,185 girlsINOhio: #509 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,042 girlsOHPennsylvania: #518 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,059 girlsPANew Jersey: #433 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,935 girlsNJConnecticut: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,845 girlsCTCalifornia: #414 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 2,425 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedUTColorado: #318 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,686 girlsCONebraska: #300 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsNEMissouri: #695 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,933 girlsMOKentucky: #296 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,999 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWVVirginia: #693 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,877 girlsVAMaryland: #597 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,210 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDEArizona: #715 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,509 girlsAZNew Mexico: #293 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,261 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: #339 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,901 girlsARTennessee: #419 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,922 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #678 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,450 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #370 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,024 girlsOKLouisiana: 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: #847 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,792 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedHITexas: #487 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,022 girlsTXFlorida: #700 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,323 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#233 · 1 in 1,156
  2. New Mexico#293 · 1 in 1,261
  3. Massachusetts#296 · 1 in 1,780
  4. Kentucky#296 · 1 in 1,999
  5. Nebraska#300 · 1 in 1,619

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#233251 in 1,156
New Mexico#29371 in 1,261
Kentucky#296101 in 1,999
Massachusetts#296191 in 1,780
Nebraska#30051 in 1,619
Colorado#318121 in 1,686
Arkansas#33961 in 1,901
Indiana#348151 in 2,185
Oregon#34991 in 1,781
Minnesota#369101 in 2,562
Oklahoma#37081 in 2,024
California#4141001 in 2,425
Connecticut#41461 in 2,845
Tennessee#419101 in 2,922
Wisconsin#42491 in 2,924
New Jersey#433151 in 2,935
Texas#487451 in 3,022
Ohio#509161 in 4,042
New York#515311 in 3,588
Pennsylvania#518161 in 4,059
Michigan#562131 in 4,170
Illinois#567191 in 3,907
Maryland#59761 in 4,210
North Carolina#67871 in 5,450
Virginia#69361 in 5,877
Missouri#69551 in 5,933
Florida#700141 in 5,323
Arizona#71561 in 4,509
Georgia#84761 in 6,792
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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 1994

girls
#506
489 births · 1 in 3,652 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #506Casandra489
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 3,652 of them was named Casandra, which outranked 96.8% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casandra
  1. #502Gianna491
  2. #502Susana491
  3. #505Stephany490
  4. #506Casandra489
  5. #506Itzel489
  6. #506Judith489
  7. #506Tianna489
  8. #510Laurel488
  9. #510Misty488
  10. #512Emilie486

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

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →