Cassandra

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Cassandra, also spelled Kassandra, is a feminine given name of Greek origin. Cassander is the masculine form of Cassandra. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.

From Wikipedia

Cassandra first appears in the data in 1902 and has been recorded in 115 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 7,054 babies (rank #49 that year). In 2024 it was given to 485 girls (rank #613). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Cassandra

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cassandra yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

170,919
Total babies (all years)
115
Years in the data
7,054
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19025#1,830
19065#1,997
19126#2,682
19135#3,259
19149#2,460
191512#2,411
19167#3,598
19177#3,777
19188#3,555
19197#3,890
192011#2,927
19216#4,565
19227#4,073
19235#5,074
19246#4,545
19258#3,714
19267#3,938
19279#3,325
192811#2,793
19296#4,141
193012#2,570
193110#2,790
193210#2,853
19338#3,148
19348#3,200
193516#2,016
193619#1,746
193722#1,641
193827#1,447
193932#1,310
194049#1,026
194142#1,151
1942185#545
1943241#475
1944264#445
1945238#467
1946289#458
1947378#414
1948441#377
1949533#338
1950639#307
1951689#299
1952624#327
1953596#340
1954634#337
1955717#320
1956805#312
19571,003#278
1958939#293
19591,046#273
19601,279#244
19611,450#228
19621,533#216
19631,649#211
19641,588#217
19651,562#210
19661,595#199
19671,644#191
19682,303#139
19692,162#151
19702,601#135
19712,377#136
19722,126#139
19731,816#152
19741,727#159
19751,587#168
19761,355#188
19771,672#160
19781,812#152
19791,945#146
19802,109#138
19812,855#104
19824,664#62
19834,005#70
19844,583#63
19854,727#62
19864,989#60
19874,555#68
19885,726#59
19896,698#54
19907,054#49
19916,408#54
19926,312#52
19935,420#66
19945,061#66
19954,451#78
19964,017#89
19974,097#81
19983,813#85
19993,729#87
20003,305#100
20012,835#122
20022,732#126
20032,334#140
20041,973#173
20051,867#185
20061,559#219
20071,327#260
20081,184#284
20091,013#326
2010979#329
2011779#404
2012743#423
2013663#464
2014602#514
2015616#511
2016544#571
2017499#606
2018446#663
2019492#612
2020440#655
2021497#601
2022453#652
2023457#639
2024485#613