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Cass

Boy · KAS · Latin

Cass is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

What does Cass mean?

Latin: short form of Cassius or Cassian

Usually a short form of Cassius or Cassian for boys, and of Cassandra for girls.

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

Cass is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cass in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,102among boys
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 10,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Cass, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 31 boys.

Half of all the boys named Cass in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 31 in 20212025
Cass in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202529#1,102
202417#1,585
202325#1,214
202218#1,501
202131#1,041
202018#1,462
201917#1,543
201816#1,638
20176#3,191
201614#1,804
20158#2,614
20147#2,843
20131#6,198
20128#2,595
201110#2,158
20104#4,026
200915#1,582
20084#3,836
20074#3,748
20067#2,386
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20016#2,049

How popular is Cass in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,044among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Cass, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.

Half of all the boys named Cass in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2017, 15% of the babies named Cass in the US were girls.

1881Busiest: 43 in 19892025
Cass in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#5,044
202418#5,237
202316#5,661
202223#4,438
202134#3,360
202024#4,137
201924#4,226
201820#4,735
201728#3,777
201629#3,680
201520#4,709
201423#4,260
201311#7,021
201212#6,620
201124#4,108
201030#3,530
200924#4,158
200820#4,710
200719#4,806
200614#5,777
200516#5,029
200416#5,002
200310#6,708
200213#5,388
200113#5,383
200017#4,383
199913#5,029
199815#4,409
199717#3,872
199615#4,179
199514#4,274
199414#4,284
199314#4,220
199219#3,331
199134#2,137
199029#2,368
198943#1,761
198826#2,300
198729#2,053
198631#1,915
198523#2,292
198423#2,231
198329#1,863
198211#3,690
198113#3,219
198014#3,097
197920#2,378
197815#2,798
197719#2,361
197618#2,416
197518#2,360
197410#3,316
197316#2,403
197223#1,871
197132#1,525
197026#1,698
196925#1,641
196812#2,444
196717#1,905
196622#1,649
196515#2,083
196421#1,728
196318#1,901
196222#1,712
196128#1,520
196042#1,209
195924#1,619
195819#1,837
195715#2,092
195611#2,495
195512#2,301
195421#1,667
195322#1,629
195218#1,803
195116#1,903
195012#2,206
194917#1,819
194814#2,026
19475#3,731
194617#1,758
19456#2,995
19447#2,861
19438#2,731
19429#2,522
19410–
19406#3,130
19397#2,829
19385#3,533
19370–
19360–
19357#2,951
19340–
19335#3,640
19325#3,774
19319#2,650
19305#3,999
19290–
19285#4,149
19276#3,778
192613#2,302
19258#3,153
19249#3,022
192312#2,445
192210#2,800
192112#2,501
19206#3,814
19197#3,390
191811#2,542
191712#2,279
191615#1,948
191511#2,309
19145#3,263
19135#2,820
19127#2,044
19110–
19106#1,420
19090–
19080–
19070–
19065#1,252
19050–
19047#966
19030–
19020–
19010–
19005#1,309
18990–
18980–
18976#941
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18846#848
18830–
18820–
18817#705

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