Cassandra
#630 for girls in 2025, 463 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 7,054 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 19 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 171,008since 1902
Cassandra over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #630 | 463 | — | |
| 2024 | #615 | 486 | — | |
| 2023 | #641 | 457 | — | |
| 2022 | #651 | 453 | — | |
| 2021 | #599 | 497 | — | |
| 2020 | #655 | 440 | — | |
| 2019 | #611 | 493 | — | |
| 2018 | #663 | 446 | — | |
| 2017 | #606 | 499 | — | |
| 2016 | #571 | 544 | — | |
| 2015 | #512 | 616 | — | |
| 2014 | #514 | 602 | — | |
| 2013 | #464 | 663 | — | |
| 2012 | #423 | 743 | — | |
| 2011 | #405 | 779 | — | |
| 2010 | #329 | 980 | — | |
| 2009 | #326 | 1,012 | — | |
| 2008 | #284 | 1,184 | — | |
| 2007 | #260 | 1,327 | — | |
| 2006 | #219 | 1,559 | — | |
| 2005 | #185 | 1,867 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #173 | 1,973 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #140 | 2,334 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #126 | 2,732 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #122 | 2,835 | — | |
| 2000 | #100 | 3,305 | — | |
| 1999 | #87 | 3,729 | — | |
| 1998 | #85 | 3,813 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #81 | 4,098 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #89 | 4,018 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #78 | 4,451 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #66 | 5,061 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #65 | 5,420 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #52 | 6,312 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #54 | 6,408 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #49 | 7,054 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #54 | 6,698 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #59 | 5,727 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #68 | 4,555 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #60 | 4,989 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #62 | 4,726 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #63 | 4,583 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #70 | 4,006 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #62 | 4,663 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #104 | 2,855 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #138 | 2,109 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #146 | 1,945 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #152 | 1,812 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #160 | 1,672 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #188 | 1,355 | — | |
| 1975 | #168 | 1,587 | — | |
| 1974 | #159 | 1,726 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #152 | 1,815 | — | |
| 1972 | #139 | 2,126 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #136 | 2,377 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #135 | 2,601 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #151 | 2,162 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #139 | 2,303 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #191 | 1,644 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #199 | 1,596 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #210 | 1,561 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #217 | 1,588 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #211 | 1,648 | — | |
| 1962 | #216 | 1,533 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #228 | 1,451 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #244 | 1,279 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #273 | 1,046 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #293 | 939 | — | |
| 1957 | #278 | 1,003 | — | |
| 1956 | #312 | 805 | — | |
| 1955 | #320 | 717 | — | |
| 1954 | #337 | 634 | — | |
| 1953 | #340 | 596 | — | |
| 1952 | #327 | 624 | — | |
| 1951 | #299 | 689 | — | |
| 1950 | #307 | 639 | — | |
| 1949 | #338 | 533 | — | |
| 1948 | #377 | 441 | — | |
| 1947 | #414 | 378 | — | |
| 1946 | #458 | 289 | — | |
| 1945 | #466 | 238 | — | |
| 1944 | #445 | 264 | — | |
| 1943 | #475 | 241 | — | |
| 1942 | #545 | 185 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,151 | 42 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Cassandra! It came in at #1,793, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cassandra is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#527 · 1 in 8,037
- Pennsylvania#577 · 1 in 12,500
- New York#660 · 1 in 14,952
Best ever in a state: #18 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #527 | 7 | 1 in 8,037 |
| Pennsylvania | #577 | 6 | 1 in 12,500 |
| New York | #660 | 6 | 1 in 14,952 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Cassandra
- 15 spots since 2024 (#615 → #630)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#655 → #630)
- 118 spots since 2015 (#512 → #630)
- Biggest jump: 606 spots in 1942 (#1,151 → #545)
- Biggest drop: 76 spots in 2011 (#329 → #405)
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 1990 at #49 (7,054 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1982–2000
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1942–2025
- Highest: 1 in 269 girls born in 1990 were named Cassandra (0.37%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,471 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 29.5% of all girls named Cassandra (50,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,793 (1902) | #1,872 |
| 1910s | 61 | #2,384 (1915) | #3,154 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,768 (1928) | #3,842 |
| 1930s | 164 | #1,308 (1939) | #2,252 |
| 1940s | 2,660 | #338 (1949) | #569 |
| 1950s | 7,692 | #273 (1959) | #309 |
| 1960s | 16,765 | #139 (1968) | #201 |
| 1970s | 19,016 | #135 (1970) | #154 |
| 1980s | 44,911 | #54 (1989) | #74 |
| 1990s | 50,364 | #49 (1990) | #71 |
| 2000s | 20,128 | #100 (2000) | #194 |
| 2010s | 6,365 | #329 (2010) | #510 |
| 2020s | 2,796 | #599 (2021) | #632 |
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.
Cassandra in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 23,337 of them was named Cassandra, which outranked 79.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,010Sheron50
- #1,010Sigrid50
- #1,010Suzann50
- #1,023Cassandra49
- #1,023Almeda49
- #1,023Caren49
- #1,023Catalina49
- #1,035Abigail48
- #1,035Aletha48
- #1,035Charolette48
Tied with 11 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.