Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Casandra

#1,211 most common girls' name of all time · #2,137 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1940–2025

Rank among girls
#1,211
Rank overall
#2,137 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
15,791
Since 2016
181
Peak year
1990 #407
Best rank
#397 1989
Girls Boys peak 642/yr
19401960198020002020

Casandra first appears in 1940. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 9 9 #10,228
2024 12 12 #8,524
2023 14 14 #7,702
2022 16 16 #7,045
2021 16 16 #7,016
2020 15 15 #7,283
2019 19 19 #6,220
2018 25 25 #5,183
2017 24 24 #5,372
2016 31 31 #4,554
2015 24 24 #5,500
2014 39 39 #3,865
2013 44 44 #3,530
2012 39 39 #3,933
2011 84 84 #2,241
2010 75 75 #2,481
2009 107 107 #1,948
2008 130 130 #1,713
2007 175 175 #1,382
2006 194 194 #1,243
2005 243 243 #1,005
2004 236 236 #999
2003 307 307 #806
2002 338 338 #724
2001 342 342 #717
2000 322 322 #720
1999 338 338 #674
1998 400 400 #601
1997 436 436 #544
1996 405 405 #573
1995 426 426 #552
1994 489 489 #507
1993 472 472 #517
1992 487 487 #498
1991 510 510 #478
1990 642 642 #407
1989 624 624 #397
1988 477 477 #477
1987 348 348 #571
1986 397 397 #520
1985 399 399 #509
1984 372 7 379 #522
1983 383 383 #507
1982 439 439 #476
1981 334 334 #557
1980 258 258 #677
1979 208 208 #773
1978 240 240 #668
1977 211 211 #732
1976 187 187 #768
1975 208 208 #711
1974 232 232 #659
1973 230 230 #652
1972 232 232 #655
1971 263 263 #631
1970 250 250 #652
1969 235 235 #652
1968 222 222 #652
1967 159 159 #788
1966 158 158 #784
1965 128 128 #886
1964 106 106 #1,059
1963 70 70 #1,327
1962 78 78 #1,256
1961 67 67 #1,373
1960 70 70 #1,326
1959 68 68 #1,305
1958 72 72 #1,259
1957 54 54 #1,453
1956 46 46 #1,578
1955 39 39 #1,660
1954 43 43 #1,557
1953 30 30 #1,865
1952 36 36 #1,636
1951 47 47 #1,380
1950 34 34 #1,620
1949 47 47 #1,352
1948 52 52 #1,283
1947 30 30 #1,788
1946 28 28 #1,720
1945 18 18 #2,055
1944 17 17 #2,196
1943 30 30 #1,555
1942 18 18 #2,115
1940 5 5 #4,968