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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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—
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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—
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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 1995

  • 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: #333 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,788 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: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMNIllinois: #570 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,819 girlsILWisconsin: #339 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsWIMichigan: #560 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,048 girlsMINew York: #625 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,480 girlsNYMassachusetts: #326 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,062 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedRIOregon: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,249 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: #380 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,364 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedINOhio: #515 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,967 girlsOHPennsylvania: #670 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,668 girlsPANew Jersey: #581 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,281 girlsNJConnecticut: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,286 girlsCTCalifornia: #506 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 3,170 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedUTColorado: #558 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsNEMissouri: #486 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,288 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedWVVirginia: #556 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,262 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedDEArizona: #493 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,729 girlsAZNew Mexico: #164 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 611 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedARTennessee: #513 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,663 girlsTNNorth 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: #763 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,847 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Casandra, so not publishedHITexas: #420 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 2,481 girlsTXFlorida: #612 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,555 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#164 · 1 in 611
  2. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 1,667
  3. Massachusetts#326 · 1 in 2,062
  4. Washington#333 · 1 in 1,788
  5. Wisconsin#339 · 1 in 2,166

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#164141 in 611
Nebraska#30951 in 1,667
Massachusetts#326161 in 2,062
Washington#333161 in 1,788
Wisconsin#339121 in 2,166
Iowa#38061 in 2,364
Texas#420551 in 2,481
Connecticut#46051 in 3,286
Missouri#48691 in 3,288
Arizona#493101 in 2,729
California#506741 in 3,170
Tennessee#51381 in 3,663
Ohio#515161 in 3,967
Oregon#54351 in 3,249
Virginia#55681 in 4,262
Colorado#55861 in 3,378
Michigan#560131 in 4,048
Illinois#570191 in 3,819
New Jersey#581101 in 4,281
Florida#612161 in 4,555
New York#625241 in 4,480
Pennsylvania#670111 in 5,668
Georgia#76371 in 5,847
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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 1995

girls
#552
426 births · 1 in 4,128 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #552Casandra426
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 4,128 of them was named Casandra, which outranked 96.5% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casandra
  1. #549Paulina428
  2. #549Savanah428
  3. #551Leanna427
  4. #552Casandra426
  5. #552Bridgette426
  6. #554Beatriz421
  7. #555Aisha420
  8. #555Kelley420

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

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →