NameTides

Cassian

Cassian was the #479 boys' name in the US in 2025 (633 babies), and #287 in England & Wales and #515 in Canada.

Cassian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cassian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanadaScotlandIreland
Cassian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#479 (633)#287 (158)#560 (5)#509 (6)#515 (57)
2024#617 (464)#367 (118)#727 (3)—#633 (43)
2023#529 (557)#323 (136)—#660 (4)#652 (40)
2022#938 (244)#515 (76)——#1,178 (18)
2021#968 (230)#526 (74)——#974 (24)
2020#1,035 (196)#524 (72)——#822 (29)
2019#1,354 (132)#731 (45)——#995 (22)
2018#1,328 (136)#821 (38)#704 (3)—#1,471 (12)
2017#1,378 (128)#833 (38)#733 (3)#710 (3)#1,074 (20)
2016#4,943 (19)#1,498 (17)———
2015#4,890 (19)#1,442 (17)———
2014#4,866 (19)#1,560 (15)———
2013#6,241 (13)#1,294 (19)—#711 (3)—
2012#4,390 (22)#1,313 (19)———
2011#7,009 (11)#1,158 (22)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #479.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cassian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cassian by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #336WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #620NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #301CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #673GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #575TXFlorida: #515FL
Cassian (boys) 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#75315

Cassian (boys): 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
CassianCanadaBoys#51557
CassianEngland & WalesBoys#287158
CassianIrelandBoys#5096
CassianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CassianScotlandBoys#5605
CassianUSGirls—too few
CassianUSBoys#479633