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Cassandra

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-SAN-dra
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#487 for girls
US rank, 2025
#630 for girls

Cassandra is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 487th for girls in the UK (91 babies) and 630th for girls in the US (463 babies).

What does Cassandra mean?

Greek: perhaps from kekasmai, to excel, and aner, man

In Greek myth Cassandra, a Trojan princess, was given the gift of prophecy but cursed never to be believed.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Cassandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 girls in the UK and 463 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cassandra in the UK?

Rank in 2025
487th among girls
Babies in 2025
91 about 1 in 3,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 61% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 91 girls in the UK were named Cassandra, making it the 487th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 595th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 122 girls.

2025 had more girls named Cassandra than any year since 1996.

Half of all the girls named Cassandra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 105 girls in the UK were given Cassandra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #421, up from #487 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 122 in 19962025
Cassandra in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202591#487
202482#533
202373#570
202280#534
202156#734
202071#595
201944#893
201838#1,011
201736#1,062
201645#901
201544#900
201431#1,189
201333#1,142
201234#1,104
201135#1,069
201048#815
200941#895
200844#833
200744#799
200639#834
200531#943
200440#759
200348#658
200230#867
200136#751
200047#628
199951#593
199858#542
199782#436
1996122#323

How popular is Cassandra in the US?

Rank in 2025
630th among girls
Babies in 2025
463 about 1 in 3,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 463 girls in the US were named Cassandra, making it the 630th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 655th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 7,054 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.

Half of all the girls named Cassandra in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 692 girls in the US were given Cassandra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #459, up from #630 for this spelling alone.

1902Busiest: 7,054 in 19902025
Cassandra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025463#630
2024486#615
2023457#641
2022453#651
2021497#599
2020440#655
2019493#611
2018446#663
2017499#606
2016544#571
2015616#512
2014602#514
2013663#464
2012743#423
2011779#405
2010980#329
20091,012#326
20081,184#284
20071,327#260
20061,559#219
20051,867#185
20041,973#173
20032,334#140
20022,732#126
20012,835#122
20003,305#100
19993,729#87
19983,813#85
19974,098#81
19964,018#89
19954,451#78
19945,061#66
19935,420#65
19926,312#52
19916,408#54
19907,054#49
19896,698#54
19885,727#59
19874,555#68
19864,989#60
19854,726#62
19844,583#63
19834,006#70
19824,663#62
19812,855#104
19802,109#138
19791,945#146
19781,812#152
19771,672#160
19761,355#188
19751,587#168
19741,726#159
19731,815#152
19722,126#139
19712,377#136
19702,601#135
19692,162#151
19682,303#139
19671,644#191
19661,596#199
19651,561#210
19641,588#217
19631,648#211
19621,533#216
19611,451#228
19601,279#244
19591,046#273
1958939#293
19571,003#278
1956805#312
1955717#320
1954634#336
1953596#339
1952624#327
1951689#299
1950639#307
1949533#338
1948441#377
1947378#414
1946289#458
1945238#466
1944264#445
1943241#475
1942185#545
194142#1,151
194049#1,023
193932#1,308
193827#1,437
193722#1,630
193619#1,741
193516#2,005
19348#3,157
19338#3,108
193210#2,829
193110#2,748
193012#2,551
19296#4,051
192811#2,766
19279#3,282
19267#3,872
19258#3,663
19246#4,432
19235#4,966
19227#4,009
19216#4,462
192011#2,899
19197#3,815
19188#3,511
19177#3,711
19167#3,550
191512#2,383
19149#2,433
19135#3,185
19126#2,632
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19065#1,951
19050–
19040–
19030–
19025#1,792

Nicknames for Cassandra

Names like Cassandra

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

Athena, Lara, Elena, Melissa, Francesca, Selena, Alexandra, Fatima, Jessica, Diana, Alana, Liana

Other spellings of Cassandra

Kassandra, Kasandra, Casandra

Names related to Cassandra

Cassondra, Cassaundra, Kassaundra

More Greek names

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

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, “Cassandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cassandra, updated 20 October 2026.