# Kassandra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kassandra/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Kassie, Kass |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 33,528 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 33,512 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 181, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).

## 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 | 464 | 624 |
| 2012 | 411 | 687 |
| 2013 | 394 | 710 |
| 2014 | 414 | 685 |
| 2015 | 373 | 756 |
| 2016 | 354 | 807 |
| 2017 | 300 | 896 |
| 2018 | 254 | 1,021 |
| 2019 | 244 | 1,053 |
| 2020 | 208 | 1,143 |
| 2021 | 201 | 1,201 |
| 2022 | 192 | 1,251 |
| 2023 | 191 | 1,231 |
| 2024 | 196 | 1,210 |
| 2025 | 197 | 1,177 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 11 | 5,192 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,600 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Kassandra

- Kassandra Missipo, Belgian footballer

## 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.