NameTides

Cassandra

Cassandra was the #630 girls' name in the US in 2025 (463 babies), and #490 in England & Wales and #484 in Canada.

Cassandra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Cassandra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUSIreland
Cassandra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#630 (463)#490 (81)#324 (10)—#885 (3)#484 (63)—
2024#615 (486)#510 (77)#541 (5)—#441 (8)#566 (52)—
2023#641 (457)#574 (67)#749 (3)#391 (3)—#557 (52)—
2022#651 (453)#534 (73)#418 (7)—#905 (3)#401 (75)—
2021#599 (497)#747 (50)#485 (6)—#883 (3)#414 (76)—
2020#655 (440)#589 (66)#544 (5)—#834 (3)#432 (69)—
2019#611 (493)#881 (41)#765 (3)——#280 (116)—
2018#663 (446)#1,035 (34)#680 (4)——#351 (94)—
2017#606 (499)#1,063 (33)#808 (3)—#734 (4)#340 (97)—
2016#571 (544)#881 (42)#798 (3)—#750 (4)#259 (125)—
2015#512 (616)#909 (40)#653 (4)——#262 (126)—
2014#514 (602)#1,177 (29)——#584 (6)#257 (127)—
2013#464 (663)#1,148 (30)#816 (3)—#747 (4)#279 (115)—
2012#423 (743)#1,099 (31)#815 (3)——#262 (128)—
2011#405 (779)#1,067 (32)#810 (3)—#937 (3)#233 (138)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1990 at #49.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1902.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cassandra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cassandra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #414WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: #519MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #348NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #378CAUtah: #440UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #546AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #640TXFlorida: #864FL
Cassandra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#56422
Quebec2025#5917

Cassandra (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CassandraCanadaGirls#48463
CassandraCanadaBoys—too few
CassandraEngland & WalesGirls#49081
CassandraIrelandGirls#8853
CassandraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CassandraNSWGirls—too few
CassandraScotlandGirls#32410
CassandraUSGirls#630463
CassandraUSBoys—too few