# Cassandra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cassandra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈsæn.dɹə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cass |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 171,384 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 376 / 171,008 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,443, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra). The figurative noun sense named after Trojan princess Cassandra.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 779 | 405 |
| 2012 | 743 | 423 |
| 2013 | 663 | 464 |
| 2014 | 602 | 514 |
| 2015 | 616 | 512 |
| 2016 | 544 | 571 |
| 2017 | 499 | 606 |
| 2018 | 446 | 663 |
| 2019 | 493 | 612 |
| 2020 | 440 | 655 |
| 2021 | 497 | 601 |
| 2022 | 453 | 652 |
| 2023 | 457 | 641 |
| 2024 | 486 | 615 |
| 2025 | 463 | 631 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 26 | 2,314 |
| 1989 | 21 | 2,920 |
| 1990 | 19 | 3,186 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,146 |
| 1992 | 14 | 4,135 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,408 |
| 1994 | 6 | 7,920 |
| 1995 | 6 | 7,947 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,248 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,286 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,633 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,924 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,145 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,161 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,727 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 30 | 1,148 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 40 | 909 |
| 2016 | 42 | 881 |
| 2017 | 33 | 1,063 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 41 | 881 |
| 2020 | 66 | 589 |
| 2021 | 50 | 747 |
| 2022 | 73 | 534 |
| 2023 | 67 | 574 |
| 2024 | 77 | 510 |
| 2025 | 81 | 490 |

## People named Cassandra

- Cassandra Peterson, American actress
- Cassandra Austen, amateur English watercolorist and the elder sister of Jane Austen (1773-1845)
- Cassandra Jean, American actress and model
- Cassandra Tate, American athlete
- Cassandra Lee Morris, American voice actress
- Cassandra Gava, American actress
- Cassandra Lynn, American model and Playmate of the Month
- KC Concepcion, Filipina actress and singer (born 1985)
- Cassie Patten, British swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.