Girls' name · since 1940
Casandra
Casandra has 15,784 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,202 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,784
- born since 1940
- 1990s
- peak decade
Casandra currently ranks #10202 among girls' names in America, with 15,784 babies recorded since 1940.
Social Security Administration records show Casandra recorded 15,784 times among girls since 1940, holding rank #10202 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #1,239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,202 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,784 born since 1940
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Casandra ranks #1,239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,202 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,784 born since 1940, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,202 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,784
- born since 1940
- 1990s
- peak decade
Casandra's 15,784 recorded births place it above 98.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Casandra compares
15,784 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Casandra's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Casandra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,784 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 642 | 21 | 19,840 |
Casandra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Casandra's full recorded timeline at 1983, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 642 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Casandra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 642
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Casandra popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1984 (Casandra as boys' name)
Casandra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (4,605 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Casandra's strongest decade.
4,605 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Casandra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 245
1940s
245 births
- 1950s 469
1950s
469 births
- 1960s 1,293
1960s
1,293 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,261 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,031 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,605 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,394 births
- 2010s 404
2010s
404 births
- 2020s 82
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,605 births (29% of all-time use).
How Casandra compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Casandra's total volume
Casandra by state
Where Casandra concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,212 | 14.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,596 | 10.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 821 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 758 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 641 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 522 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 473 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 414 | 2.6% |
2,212 of 15,784 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Casandra appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Casandra's data
- Casandra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,605 total births); usage has since declined to 82 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Casandras (2,212 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Casandra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Casandra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.