Cassandra

What Cassandra means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cassandra yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #512 in 2015 to #630 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cassandra?

US: Falling: down from #512 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #909 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1990, when 7,054 girls got the name (#49 that year). First in the US records in 1902.

How common

• About 1 in 3,471 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,127 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.65 per 1,000 girls), WA (0.59 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Cassandra is #630 in the US and #490 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Cassandra were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kassandra197 US · 14 E&W
• Kasandra23 US
• Casandra9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cassandra

Girls

• Veronica#427Form of Berenice, meaning “bringer of victory”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Nancy#965Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #78 vs #965 in 2025
• Melissa#419“bee, honey, or honeybee”^*
• Teresa#908Editor’s note Down from #664 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US
• Christina#770Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 16,600 babies; 352 in 2025

For a brother

• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Stephen#383“crown, wreath”^*
• Dennis#707“follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”^*
• Steven#271“crown, wreath”^*
• Gregory#593“watchful, vigilant”^*
• Phillip#651Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 6,047 babies; 425 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cassandra’s. Rank is US 2025.