Cassius
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #582 for boys in 2025, 504 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 17 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,736since 1880
Cassius over time
Rank among boys' names. Cassius has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #582 | 504 | |
| 2024 | — | #569 | 516 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #575 | 509 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #548 | 541 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #487 | 607 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #488 | 602 |
| 2019 | — | #514 | 554 | |
| 2018 | — | #594 | 460 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #582 | 467 |
| 2016 | — | #600 | 449 | |
| 2015 | — | #644 | 406 | |
| 2014 | — | #704 | 346 | |
| 2013 | — | #757 | 300 | |
| 2012 | — | #933 | 218 | |
| 2011 | — | #873 | 240 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,005 | 195 | |
| 2009 | — | #991 | 199 | |
| 2008 | — | #946 | 213 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,115 | 164 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,058 | 169 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,442 | 102 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,456 | 95 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,591 | 79 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,483 | 85 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,799 | 60 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,023 | 47 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,047 | 42 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,299 | 34 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,766 | 26 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,844 | 44 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,768 | 45 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,840 | 42 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,777 | 16 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,767 | 22 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,132 | 43 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,216 | 38 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #860 | 78 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #425 | 17 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cassius was already there! It came in at #425, and was given to 17 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cassius is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#190 · 1 in 576
- Washington#231 · 1 in 948
- Michigan#261 · 1 in 1,186
- Oregon#280 · 1 in 1,106
- New Mexico#331 · 1 in 1,213
Best ever in a state: #172 in Maine, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #190 | 6 | 1 in 576 |
| Washington | #231 | 35 | 1 in 948 |
| Michigan | #261 | 36 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Oregon | #280 | 14 | 1 in 1,106 |
| New Mexico | #331 | 6 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Pennsylvania | #338 | 32 | 1 in 1,687 |
| West Virginia | #338 | 5 | 1 in 1,392 |
| Indiana | #351 | 20 | 1 in 1,623 |
| Ohio | #380 | 29 | 1 in 1,879 |
| North Carolina | #428 | 22 | 1 in 2,225 |
| Iowa | #440 | 7 | 1 in 1,939 |
| Kentucky | #441 | 9 | 1 in 2,181 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Maryland | #450 | 11 | 1 in 2,278 |
| Colorado | #452 | 12 | 1 in 2,092 |
| Mississippi | #452 | 6 | 1 in 2,019 |
| Connecticut | #455 | 5 | 1 in 2,621 |
| California | #460 | 71 | 1 in 2,671 |
| Missouri | #486 | 11 | 1 in 2,590 |
| Illinois | #498 | 20 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Massachusetts | #515 | 8 | 1 in 3,356 |
| Louisiana | #523 | 9 | 1 in 2,396 |
| Arizona | #531 | 12 | 1 in 2,664 |
| Georgia | #531 | 18 | 1 in 2,793 |
| Minnesota | #539 | 9 | 1 in 2,778 |
| Alabama | #542 | 8 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Arkansas | #543 | 5 | 1 in 2,551 |
| Utah | #547 | 7 | 1 in 2,755 |
| Texas | #596 | 46 | 1 in 3,679 |
| Florida | #603 | 24 | 1 in 3,759 |
| New York | #617 | 23 | 1 in 3,811 |
| Tennessee | #640 | 9 | 1 in 3,786 |
| Wisconsin | #680 | 6 | 1 in 3,990 |
| Virginia | #685 | 9 | 1 in 4,296 |
| South Carolina | #694 | 5 | 1 in 4,001 |
| New Jersey | #800 | 7 | 1 in 5,617 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Cassius
- 13 spots since 2024 (#569 → #582)
- 94 spots since 2020 (#488 → #582)
- 62 spots since 2015 (#644 → #582)
- Biggest jump: 653 spots in 1964 (#1,513 → #860)
- Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1965 (#860 → #1,163)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #425 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,867 boys born in 2020 were named Cassius (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,389 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #425 in 1880, was only 1 in 6,499 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 37.3% of all boys named Cassius (3,635) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 82 | #425 (1880) | #691 |
| 1890s | 35 | #768 (1893) | #839 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 95 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,071 |
| 1920s | 112 | #2,020 (1923) | #2,616 |
| 1930s | 47 | #2,101 (1931) | #3,012 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,115 (1948) | #2,714 |
| 1950s | 34 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,273 |
| 1960s | 309 | #860 (1964) | #1,668 |
| 1970s | 189 | #1,415 (1971) | #2,415 |
| 1980s | 211 | #2,096 (1986) | #2,548 |
| 1990s | 419 | #1,768 (1991) | #2,038 |
| 2000s | 1,225 | #946 (2008) | #1,375 |
| 2010s | 3,635 | #514 (2019) | #721 |
| 2020s | 3,279 | #487 (2021) | #542 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cassius in 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
Top boys' names in 2020
More about 2020
girls
1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 323,310 of them was named Cassius, which outranked 13.9% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,439 names at #15,088; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,867 of them was named Cassius, which outranked 96.5% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #486Jonas609
- #487Stetson607
- #488Cassius602
- #488Izaiah602
- #490Tatum598
- #491Eden596
- #491Rocco596
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
- ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
- ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
- ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
- ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.