Recorded 1963–1989 Girls' name Peak 1967 55 births

Cassanda — girls' name

55 babies named Cassanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s211970s231980s11
1970s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Cassanda was born in this single decade.

1967
Single peak year

10 babies were named Cassanda in 1967 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cassanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Cassanda between 1963 and 1989, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cassanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cassanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cassanda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cassanda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 55 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Cassanda at a glance

Last recorded 1989

Total births

55

Since 1963

27 years of records

Peak year

1967

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1989

Active since

1963

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 1989

Cassanda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1963

Last recorded 1989
Peak year (1967)
10
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4681012 198919861978197219711970196919671963 6

Cassanda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
23 births that decade — 42% of Cassanda's all-time total
1960s211970s231980s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cassanda?
55 babies have been named Cassanda since 1963. It was last recorded in 1989. The peak year was 1967 with 10 births.
When was Cassanda most popular?
Cassanda was most popular in the 1970s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1967.
How long has the name Cassanda been used?
Cassanda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1963, spanning 27 years of data through 1989.
What names are similar to Cassanda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cassandra, Casey, Cassidy, Cassie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.