Cassandra
Cassandra was given to 463 girls in 2025, #631 among girls’ names; 171,384 Americans have been recorded with it since 1902 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 162,000 Americans named Cassandra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 30 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cassandra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cassandra mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cassandra is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).
/kəˈsæn.dɹə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cassandra?
#631 among girls’ names, 2025
Cassandra fell from #512 in 2015 to #631 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.35 to 0.29 per 1,000.
7,073 babies in 1990, the peak
Cassandra peaked in 1990, when 7,073 babies were given it (7,054 girls, #49 among girls’ names). The 463 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 463 | #631 | 0.29 |
| 2024 | 486 | #615 | 0.30 |
| 2023 | 457 | #641 | 0.28 |
| 2022 | 453 | #652 | 0.28 |
| 2021 | 497 | #601 | 0.30 |
| 2020 | 440 | #655 | 0.27 |
| 2019 | 493 | #612 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 446 | #663 | 0.26 |
| 2017 | 499 | #606 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 544 | #571 | 0.31 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 616 | #512 | 0.35 |
| 2014 | 602 | #514 | 0.34 |
| 2013 | 663 | #464 | 0.38 |
| 2012 | 743 | #423 | 0.42 |
| 2011 | 779 | #405 | 0.44 |
| 2010 | 980 | #329 | 0.55 |
| 2009 | 1,012 | #326 | 0.55 |
| 2008 | 1,184 | #284 | 0.63 |
| 2007 | 1,327 | #260 | 0.69 |
| 2006 | 1,559 | #219 | 0.82 |
| 2005 | 1,867 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 1,973 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 2,334 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 2,732 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 2,835 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 3,305 | #100 | 1.8 |
| 1999 | 3,729 | #87 | 2.1 |
| 1998 | 3,813 | #85 | 2.2 |
| 1997 | 4,098 | #81 | 2.4 |
| 1996 | 4,018 | #89 | 2.3 |
| 1995 | 4,451 | #78 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 5,061 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 5,420 | #66 | 3.0 |
| 1992 | 6,312 | #52 | 3.4 |
| 1991 | 6,408 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1990 | 7,054 | #49 | 3.7 |
| 1989 | 6,698 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1988 | 5,727 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1987 | 4,555 | #68 | 2.6 |
| 1986 | 4,989 | #60 | 2.9 |
| 1985 | 4,726 | #62 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 4,583 | #63 | 2.7 |
| 1983 | 4,006 | #70 | 2.4 |
| 1982 | 4,663 | #62 | 2.8 |
| 1981 | 2,855 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1980 | 2,109 | #138 | 1.3 |
| 1979 | 1,945 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,812 | #152 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 1,672 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 1,355 | #188 | 0.92 |
| 1975 | 1,587 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1974 | 1,726 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1,815 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1972 | 2,126 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1971 | 2,377 | #136 | 1.4 |
| 1970 | 2,601 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1969 | 2,162 | #151 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 2,303 | #139 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 1,644 | #191 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,596 | #199 | 0.94 |
| 1965 | 1,561 | #210 | 0.88 |
| 1964 | 1,588 | #217 | 0.84 |
| 1963 | 1,648 | #211 | 0.85 |
| 1962 | 1,533 | #216 | 0.78 |
| 1961 | 1,451 | #228 | 0.72 |
| 1960 | 1,279 | #244 | 0.63 |
| 1959 | 1,046 | #273 | 0.52 |
| 1958 | 939 | #293 | 0.47 |
| 1957 | 1,003 | #278 | 0.49 |
| 1956 | 805 | #312 | 0.40 |
| 1955 | 717 | #320 | 0.37 |
| 1954 | 634 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1953 | 596 | #339 | 0.32 |
| 1952 | 624 | #327 | 0.34 |
| 1951 | 689 | #299 | 0.38 |
| 1950 | 639 | #307 | 0.37 |
| 1949 | 533 | #338 | 0.31 |
| 1948 | 441 | #377 | 0.26 |
| 1947 | 378 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 289 | #458 | 0.18 |
| 1945 | 238 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 264 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1943 | 241 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1942 | 185 | #545 | 0.14 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,151 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 49 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,015 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,198 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,147 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,851 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,789 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,569 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,139 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,791 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,322 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,937 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,713 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,543 | under 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,073 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,071 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,563 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,927 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,888 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,553 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,775 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,596 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,410 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,459 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,257 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,680 | 0.01 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,997 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,829 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cassandra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cassandra has been given almost only to girls: 376 boys in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Cassandra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cassandra, and how old are they?
162,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 171,384 Americans ever recorded as Cassandra. The median Cassandra alive today is 37 years old; half are between 30 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 141,760 people named Cassandra (141,602 women and girls, 158 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 162,302 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 583 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 28,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 79,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 33,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,620 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cassandra born?
The states with the most babies named Cassandra are California, Texas and New York, with 38% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 87 | #380 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 48 | #641 | 1.0× |
| New York | 26 | #636 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 23 | #352 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 19 | #523 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 18 | #568 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 18 | #874 | 1.0× |
| Washington | 17 | #417 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 14 | #561 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #769 | 0.9× |
Where Cassandra is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Cassandra is most over-represented in Arizona: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cassandra with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 238,862 babies since 1880, Cassandra is the most given (72% of them). In 2025 it was given to 463 of their 692 babies (67%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cassandra
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cassandra and names like it
- Compare Cassandra and KassandraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sCassandra peaked in 1990.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cassandra since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Cassandra: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Cassandra.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Cassandra alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.