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Casandra

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-SAN-dra
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#10,104 for girls

Casandra is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).

What does Casandra mean?

Greek: spelling of Cassandra

A spelling of Cassandra, the Trojan princess of Greek myth whose true prophecies were never believed.

Is Casandra a girl's or a boy's name?

Casandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Casandra in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 girls.

1997Busiest: 9 in 20222024
Casandra in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20244#4,907
20236#3,766
20229#2,805
20213#5,824
20200–
20195#4,214
20183#5,896
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#4,041
19980–
19971#5,110

How popular is Casandra in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,104among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 180,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Casandra, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 642 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Casandra than any year since 1941.

Half of all the girls named Casandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 692 girls in the US were given Casandra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #459, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.

1940Busiest: 642 in 19902025
Casandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#10,104
202412#8,438
202314#7,635
202216#6,979
202116#6,962
202015#7,208
201919#6,172
201825#5,148
201724#5,336
201631#4,530
201524#5,456
201439#3,846
201344#3,511
201239#3,914
201184#2,238
201075#2,476
2009107#1,947
2008130#1,713
2007175#1,381
2006194#1,240
2005243#1,004
2004236#997
2003307#806
2002338#724
2001342#717
2000322#718
1999338#673
1998400#599
1997436#544
1996405#572
1995426#552
1994489#506
1993472#517
1992487#498
1991510#478
1990642#404
1989624#396
1988477#477
1987348#570
1986397#520
1985399#507
1984372#521
1983383#506
1982439#475
1981334#557
1980258#676
1979208#771
1978240#667
1977211#727
1976187#766
1975208#711
1974232#657
1973230#651
1972232#655
1971263#631
1970250#651
1969235#651
1968222#651
1967159#788
1966158#783
1965128#883
1964106#1,051
196370#1,319
196278#1,247
196167#1,359
196070#1,311
195968#1,298
195872#1,252
195754#1,441
195646#1,559
195539#1,640
195443#1,539
195330#1,833
195236#1,610
195147#1,361
195034#1,601
194947#1,334
194852#1,266
194730#1,751
194628#1,677
194518#1,992
194417#2,095
194330#1,526
194218#2,045
19410–
19405#4,347

Nicknames for Casandra

Names like Casandra

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lara Athena Cassandra Fatima Elena Selena Jessica Melissa Francesca Maria Ariana Sophia

Other spellings of Casandra

Cassandra Kassandra Kasandra

Names related to Casandra

Cassondra Cassaundra Casondra Kasaundra

More Greek names

Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Casandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/casandra, updated 20 October 2026.