Kassia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAS-ee-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Kassia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “cassia, a cinnamon-like spice”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Kassia mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Cassia; the cassia spice tree, via Latin and Greek; related to Keziah
“cassia, a cinnamon-like spice”
Keziah, one of the daughters of Job in the Bible, bears the Hebrew form of the same word.
Meaning borrowed from Cassia.
Is Kassia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kassia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kassia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kassia, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Kassia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Kassia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Cassia 32
- Kassia 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kassia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Kassia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Kassia, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 1967.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Kassia of any year since it first appeared, in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Kassia in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were given Kassia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,415, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Cassia 94
- Kassia 35
Kassia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Nicknames for Kassia
Names like Kassia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Keira, Khadija, Eden, Talia, Sienna, Amira, Safa, Mia, Aaliyah, Raya, Brianna
Other spellings of Kassia
Names related to Kassia
Kassie, Kasia, Kasie, Kassi, Kasha, Kasiah, Kaisa, Keasia, Kasiyah, Kashi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Kassia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kassia, updated 20 October 2026.