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.

Cassandra

#235 most common girls' name of all time · #441 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1902–2025

Rank among girls
#235
Rank overall
#441 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
171,384
Since 2016
4,778
Peak year
1990 #49
Best rank
#49 1990
Girls Boys peak 7,073/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cassandra first appears in 1902. 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 463 463 #630
2024 486 486 #615
2023 457 457 #642
2022 453 453 #653
2021 497 497 #600
2020 440 440 #655
2019 493 493 #611
2018 446 446 #663
2017 499 499 #606
2016 544 544 #572
2015 616 616 #512
2014 602 602 #514
2013 663 663 #465
2012 743 743 #423
2011 779 779 #405
2010 980 980 #329
2009 1,012 1,012 #326
2008 1,184 1,184 #284
2007 1,327 1,327 #260
2006 1,559 1,559 #219
2005 1,867 5 1,872 #185
2004 1,973 6 1,979 #173
2003 2,334 5 2,339 #140
2002 2,732 5 2,737 #126
2001 2,835 2,835 #122
2000 3,305 3,305 #100
1999 3,729 3,729 #87
1998 3,813 6 3,819 #85
1997 4,098 6 4,104 #81
1996 4,018 7 4,025 #89
1995 4,451 6 4,457 #78
1994 5,061 6 5,067 #66
1993 5,420 10 5,430 #66
1992 6,312 14 6,326 #52
1991 6,408 10 6,418 #54
1990 7,054 19 7,073 #49
1989 6,698 21 6,719 #54
1988 5,727 26 5,753 #59
1987 4,555 10 4,565 #68
1986 4,989 13 5,002 #60
1985 4,726 13 4,739 #62
1984 4,583 18 4,601 #63
1983 4,006 11 4,017 #70
1982 4,663 16 4,679 #62
1981 2,855 11 2,866 #104
1980 2,109 7 2,116 #138
1979 1,945 13 1,958 #146
1978 1,812 10 1,822 #153
1977 1,672 5 1,677 #160
1976 1,355 1,355 #188
1975 1,587 1,587 #168
1974 1,726 10 1,736 #159
1973 1,815 1,815 #153
1972 2,126 8 2,134 #139
1971 2,377 6 2,383 #136
1970 2,601 6 2,607 #135
1969 2,162 7 2,169 #152
1968 2,303 5 2,308 #139
1967 1,644 7 1,651 #191
1966 1,596 6 1,602 #199
1965 1,561 8 1,569 #210
1964 1,588 9 1,597 #217
1963 1,648 1,648 #211
1962 1,533 6 1,539 #216
1961 1,451 8 1,459 #228
1960 1,279 5 1,284 #244
1959 1,046 6 1,052 #273
1958 939 939 #293
1957 1,003 1,003 #278
1956 805 805 #312
1955 717 717 #320
1954 634 634 #337
1953 596 596 #340
1952 624 624 #327
1951 689 689 #299
1950 639 639 #307
1949 533 533 #338
1948 441 441 #377
1947 378 378 #415
1946 289 289 #458
1945 238 238 #466
1944 264 264 #447
1943 241 241 #475
1942 185 185 #545
1941 42 42 #1,158
1940 49 49 #1,032
1939 32 32 #1,319
1938 27 27 #1,460
1937 22 22 #1,659
1936 19 19 #1,777
1935 16 16 #2,051
1934 8 8 #3,277
1933 8 8 #3,244
1932 10 10 #2,927
1931 10 10 #2,853
1930 12 12 #2,616
1929 6 6 #4,225
1928 11 11 #2,853
1927 9 9 #3,398
1926 7 7 #4,020
1925 8 8 #3,796
1924 6 6 #4,598
1923 5 5 #5,140
1922 7 7 #4,129
1921 6 6 #4,630
1920 11 11 #2,997
1919 7 7 #3,953
1918 8 8 #3,623
1917 7 7 #3,836
1916 7 7 #3,682
1915 12 12 #2,466
1914 9 9 #2,564
1913 5 5 #3,394
1912 6 6 #2,813
1906 5 5 #2,152
1902 5 5 #2,003