Unisex name · since 2009
Cassiel
Cassiel has 474 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,513 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
474 babies have been named Cassiel since 2009, making it today's #2513 unisex name.
Cassiel has 474 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2513 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of boys, 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 2009 to 2025.
- #8,152 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,513 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 474 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cassiel ranks #8,152 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,513 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 474 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,513 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 474
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cassiel's 474 recorded births place it above 82.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cassiel compares
474 Top 45% higher than 55% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Cassiel's all-time total is 28% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cassiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 474 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cassiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cassiel's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cassiel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #2513 among boys.
474 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 54 births in a single year.
Cassiel popularity over time - girls
69 total births recorded since 1999 (Cassiel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cassiel accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cassiel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (254 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Cassiel's strongest decade.
254 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Cassiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
254 births
- 2020s
2020s
215 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 254 births (54% of all-time use).
Cassiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 254 births
- Runner-up 215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Cassiel by state
Where Cassiel concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 35 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 22 | 4.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
35 of 474 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Cassiel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (254 total births) through the 2020s (215) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cassiels (35 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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Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Cassiel 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.
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