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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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 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 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#37 · 1 in 141
- Wisconsin#38 · 1 in 170
- Maine#39 · 1 in 147
- Montana#45 · 1 in 165
- Arizona#45 · 1 in 220
Best ever in a state: #18 in North Dakota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #37 | 23 | 1 in 141 |
| Wisconsin | #38 | 153 | 1 in 170 |
| Maine | #39 | 33 | 1 in 147 |
| Arizona | #45 | 124 | 1 in 220 |
| Montana | #45 | 19 | 1 in 165 |
| New Hampshire | #49 | 30 | 1 in 168 |
| New Mexico | #49 | 42 | 1 in 204 |
| Minnesota | #50 | 128 | 1 in 195 |
| West Virginia | #50 | 39 | 1 in 198 |
| South Dakota | #51 | 19 | 1 in 172 |
| Rhode Island | #53 | 26 | 1 in 176 |
| Washington | #56 | 114 | 1 in 251 |
| Vermont | #57 | 11 | 1 in 180 |
| Hawaii | #58 | 18 | 1 in 244 |
| Iowa | #58 | 62 | 1 in 229 |
| Colorado | #59 | 79 | 1 in 257 |
| Idaho | #60 | 26 | 1 in 215 |
| Pennsylvania | #60 | 247 | 1 in 252 |
| Nebraska | #62 | 37 | 1 in 225 |
| Wyoming | #62 | 8 | 1 in 179 |
| New York | #63 | 325 | 1 in 331 |
| Indiana | #65 | 120 | 1 in 273 |
| Massachusetts | #66 | 127 | 1 in 260 |
| Connecticut | #68 | 66 | 1 in 249 |
| Kansas | #69 | 51 | 1 in 251 |
| Ohio | #69 | 208 | 1 in 305 |
| Oregon | #69 | 60 | 1 in 271 |
| Michigan | #73 | 162 | 1 in 325 |
| New Jersey | #76 | 131 | 1 in 327 |
| Texas | #77 | 400 | 1 in 341 |
| Kentucky | #79 | 59 | 1 in 333 |
| California | #80 | 615 | 1 in 381 |
| Utah | #84 | 44 | 1 in 336 |
| Illinois | #85 | 202 | 1 in 359 |
| Alaska | #89 | 10 | 1 in 262 |
| Florida | #93 | 169 | 1 in 431 |
| Missouri | #96 | 75 | 1 in 395 |
| Nevada | #99 | 21 | 1 in 383 |
| Delaware | #100 | 9 | 1 in 354 |
| Arkansas | #112 | 24 | 1 in 483 |
| Oklahoma | #121 | 29 | 1 in 541 |
| Tennessee | #130 | 47 | 1 in 623 |
| Virginia | #134 | 56 | 1 in 609 |
| Maryland | #138 | 40 | 1 in 616 |
| Georgia | #164 | 51 | 1 in 802 |
| North Carolina | #174 | 43 | 1 in 890 |
| Alabama | #199 | 21 | 1 in 988 |
| Mississippi | #208 | 13 | 1 in 930 |
| South Carolina | #230 | 14 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Louisiana | #257 | 17 | 1 in 1,292 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 395 of them was named Cassandra, which outranked 99.5% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 317,284 of them was named Cassandra, which outranked 24.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,992Zavion7
- #6,992Zebediah7
- #6,992Zeno7
- #7,792Cassandra6
- #7,792Aadam6
- #7,792Aaran6
- #7,792Aaronmichael6
- #8,868Aanand5
- #8,868Aaronn5
- #8,868Aasin5
Tied with 1,075 names at #7,792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.