Cassandra

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cassandra: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cassandra: Recorded every year since 1969, it reached #25 in 1992, and it stood at #340 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
150times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#25highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
6names it appears alongside

What stands out in Cassandra's record

Ranked every year since 1969, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 31 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 199 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#319
1997	#418
1998	#501
1999	#557
2000	#591
2001	#710
2002	#842
2003	#653
2004	#772
2005	#890
2006	#796
2007	#774
2008	#790
2009	#879
2010	#758
2011	#1067
2012	#1099
2013	#1148
2014	#1177
2015	#909
2016	#881
2017	#1063
2018	#1035
2019	#881
2020	#589
2021	#747
2022	#534
2023	#574
2024	#510

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 39 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2025: #340 among girls in Norway, #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #99 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1969–1999
Highest recorded position: #25 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1992 (recorded 1969–1999).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #340 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Cassandra appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 40 ranked years and 637 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1969.

Cassandra across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Cassandra's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#429 (1976)	#227 (1986)	#885 (2025)	39 of 50	283 (1976–2025)	17 (1986)
Norway · Girls	#406 (1986)	#180 (2010)	#340 (2025)	40 of 40	637 (1986–2025)	34 (2010)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#99 (1969)	#25 (1992)	#90 (1999)	31 of 31	4,946 (1969–1999)	268 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#319 (1996)	#319 (1996)	#510 (2024)	29 of 29	1,362 (1996–2024)	111 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#358 (1997)	#391 (2023)	2 of 27	6 (1997–2023)	3 (1997)
New Zealand · Girls	#90 (1987)	#62 (1993)	#97 (1997)	8 of 11	489 (1987–1997)	80 (1993)

Cassandra by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cassandra in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	41	4 of 10	10
1990s	125	10 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	224	10 of 10	22
2010s	180	10 of 10	18
2020s	67	6 of 10	11

Across Norway · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Cassandra appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #25 in New South Wales, Australia in 1992.

Cassandra's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#510	77	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#574	67	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#534	73	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#747	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#589	66	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#881	41	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1035	34	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1063	33	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#881	42	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#909	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1099	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1067	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#758	48	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#879	38	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#790	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#796	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#890	31	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#772	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#653	44	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#710	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#591	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#557	50	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#501	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#418	73	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#319	111	High	Verified
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	141	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#51	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	249	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#25	268	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	233	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#28	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New Zealand	female	#97	48	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#85	55	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#73	61	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#63	75	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#62	80	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#90	56	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#85	59	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#90	55	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#340	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#264	15	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#277	14	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#476	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#359	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#263	16	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#330	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#369	10	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#267	19	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#276	19	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#267	19	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#254	21	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#180	34	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#209	28	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#256	21	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#220	25	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#237	22	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#258	18	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#196	28	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#206	24	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#348	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#214	23	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#340	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#301	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#322	12	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#236	19	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#377	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#276	16	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#331	13	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#496	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#400	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#332	14	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#417	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#386	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#421	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#406	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	14	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	6	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	15	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	13	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	17	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #25, first reached in 1992.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 31 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 268 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1992.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1976, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Caspian · #117, 29y
Cass · #727, 19y
Cassia · #440, 29y
Cassian · #323, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Julian · #26, 62y
Justin · #24, 62y
Joel · #27, 54y
Troy · #27, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Hamish · #25, 61y
Lara · #25, 58y
Maeve · #25, 62y
Rachael · #25, 61y

Comparisons involving Cassandra

Existing comparison pages where Cassandra and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Cassandra within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Hayley vs Cassandra
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Hayley and Cassandra averaged 10.2 places apart, ending at #31 and #90.
Hayley · Cassandra · 21 shared years, 1979–1999 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1999 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Cassandra and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jasmine vs Cassandra
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Jasmine moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1996 as Cassandra fell out of it to #51, having been #34 the year before.
Jasmine · Cassandra · 15 shared years, 1982–1999 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1996 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Zoe vs Cassandra
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Zoe moved into the top 50 at #31 in 1996 as Cassandra fell out of it to #51, having been #34 the year before.
Zoe · Cassandra · 18 shared years, 1981–1999 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1996 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kylie vs Cassandra
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Cassandra moved into the top 50 at #34 in 1989 as Kylie fell out of it to #82, having been #23 the year before.
Kylie · Cassandra · 21 shared years, 1969–1989 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1989 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Cassandra measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Cassandra at its highest position.

Jade vs Cassandra
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Jade moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1996 as Cassandra fell out of it to #51, having been #34 the year before.
Jade · Cassandra · 22 shared years, 1978–1999 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1996 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Karen vs Cassandra
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Cassandra moved into the top 50 at #36 in 1983 as Karen fell out of it to #53, having been #41 the year before.
Karen · Cassandra · 18 shared years, 1969–1986 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1983 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Cassandra was ranked #25 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1992. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cassandra and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cassandra without appearing here.

Cassandra moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2015 they stood at #909 and #891 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #881 and #1525.
Claire Compare
In 2019 they stood at #881 and #838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #589 and #1127.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #881 and #796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #589 and #1100.
Jodie Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1177 and #920 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #909 and #1405.

Moved ahead of Cassandra

Alex Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #885 and #304.
Jamie Compare
In 2024 they stood at #441 and #556 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #885 and #352.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #758 and #773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1067 and #615.
Riley Compare
In 2010 they stood at #758 and #830 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #1067 and #692.

Moved the opposite way to Cassandra

Abigail Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 while Abigail went from #271 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 while Alexandra went from #263 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 while Alice went from #138 to #41.
Anna Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 while Anna went from #69 to #26.

Moved the same way as Cassandra

Audrey Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 and Audrey from #52 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 and Eileen from #52 to #443.
Margaret Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 and Margaret from #6 to #135.
Maria Compare
Between 1976 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Cassandra went from #429 to #885 and Maria from #38 to #74.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #25 in New South Wales, Australia in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cassandra

Cassandra at a glance

What stands out in Cassandra's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cassandra across 6 official records

Cassandra by decade in Norway · Girls

Cassandra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Cassandra

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Cassandra

Cassandra and the names beside it

Cassandra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cassandra

Moved the opposite way to Cassandra

Moved the same way as Cassandra

Cassandra at a glance

What stands out in Cassandra's record

Cassandra across 6 official records

Cassandra by decade in Norway · Girls

Cassandra appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Cassandra

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Cassandra

Cassandra and the names beside it

Cassandra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Cassandra

Moved the opposite way to Cassandra

Moved the same way as Cassandra