Girls' name · since 1954
Cassia
Since 1954, U.S. Social Security records show 2,190 babies named Cassia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,025 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,190
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cassia currently ranks #2025 among girls' names in America, with 2,190 babies recorded since 1954.
Cassia has 2,190 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2025 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #4,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,025 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,190 born since 1954
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cassia ranks #4,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,025 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,190 born since 1954, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,025 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,190
- born since 1954
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cassia's 2,190 recorded births place it above 93.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cassia compares
2,190 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Cassia's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cassia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,190 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 94 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cassia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cassia's full recorded timeline at 1996, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 94 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cassia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 94
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Cassia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (518 births, 24% of the file).
2010s was Cassia's strongest decade.
518 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Cassia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s 141
1970s
141 births
- 1980s
1980s
284 births
- 1990s
1990s
367 births
- 2000s
2000s
408 births
- 2010s
2010s
518 births
- 2020s
2020s
448 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 518 births (24% of all-time use).
How Cassia 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 Cassia's total volume
Cassia by state
Where Cassia concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 268 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 85 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 68 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 40 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Washington | | 20 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.2% |
268 of 2,190 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Cassia's data
- Cassia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (518 total births) through the 2020s (448) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cassias (268 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cassia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1954–2025 (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 Cassia 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.