first name
CASSIUS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,324 people named Cassius, 33.8% reported their origin as White, 31% as Black and 16.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cassius peaked in 2021, when 612 babies got the name.
At least 9,766 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Cassius by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,088. The largest share of babies named Cassius, 64.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Cassius is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cassius has been most common in Washington (3.1×), Colorado (2.4×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.35×).
7,016 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Cassius ranks #150,205 of 156,621, with 109 people. See Cassius as a last name
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