# Cassiopeia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cassiopeia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/, 5 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cassiope |
| US babies named this | 391 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 391 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

## 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 | 5 | 17,299 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,405 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,062 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,096 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,079 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,179 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,116 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,716 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,244 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,700 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,026 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,509 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,471 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,555 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8,977 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## 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.