Boys' name · since 2008
Cassen
Cassen has 21 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
21 boys have been named Cassen since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cassen has 21 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2019.
- #28,538 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 2008
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cassen ranks #28,538 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2008, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cassen's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cassen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cassen's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cassen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2019
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Cassen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Cassen's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cassen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Cassen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cassen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2008–2019 (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 Cassen 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.