How rare is the name Casandra?

13,691 people in the United States have the first name Casandra, about 1 in 22,061. It ranks #2,004 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CASANDRA

#2,004

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,691
About
1 in 22,061
This common or more
78.1%
Who bears it

Of the 13,691 people named Casandra, 44.1% reported their origin as White, 33.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Casandra peaked in 1990, when 642 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
642
In 2025*
9 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,791 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Casandra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #943. The largest share of babies named Casandra, 45.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#3,024245
1950s#2,486469
1960s#1,5731,293
1970s#1,2082,261
1980s#9434,038
1990s#1,0034,605
2000s#1,8072,394
2010s#6,521404
2020s#13,26582
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–646.4%
Generation X 1965–8021.7%
Millennials 1981–9645.7%
Generation Z 1997–1223.8%
2013 and later1.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Casandra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Casandra has been most common in Arizona (2×), New Mexico (1.8×), and California (1.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.26×).

12,486 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Casandra

#2,001 Porter · 13,714#2,003 Kaitlynn · 13,693#2,005 Damion · 13,674#2,006 Violeta · 13,671

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Casandra, most common first.

#398 Cassandra · 141,760#4,866 Cassondra · 3,688#7,617 Cassaundra · 1,988#13,400 Casondra · 903#15,472 Cassandre · 743#17,018 Casaundra · 655#47,349 Cassanda · 138#47,349 Cassandria · 138

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