Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Casandra

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
Unheeded prophetess. In Homers The Iliad Cassandras prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
Spanish

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Casandra

Pronunciation

c(a)-sand-ra, cas(an)-dra

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1984 (rank #4967, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1990 (rank #404, 642 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10107, 9 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–9
2024–12
2023–14
2022–16
2021–16
2020–15
2019–19
2018–25
2017–24
2016–31

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #2673, 9 births); most recent 2024 (rank #4843, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20244
20236
20229
20213
2020–
20194
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #2917, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20234
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #860, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #403, 8 births); most recent 1997 (rank #587, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence