Cassandra
Pronounced K AE1 S AE1 N D R AA1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1990
- 123 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Cassandra?
Cassandra is a girls' name, and first appears in 1902. It has been given to 220,107 children — the 207th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1990, when 8,569 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kassandra and Casandra — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Cassandra and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kassandra
- Casandra
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AE1 S AE1 N D R AA1 · K AE1 S AH0 N D R AA1 · K AH0 S AE1 N D R AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 111 · 101 · 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Cassandra
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Cassandra
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Cassandra?
- Cassandra ranks 207th among girls' names in US records, with 220,107 births since 1902. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,641.
- Is Cassandra a unisex name?
- No. Cassandra is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Cassandra most popular?
- 1990, when 8,569 children were given the name. It has been in use for 123 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Cassandra spelled?
- Kassandra, Casandra. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.