girls:
14 births since 2017
#5702 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1997
#2944 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1997
#5949 (23rd percentile)
The name Cassian is the #5,949 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,805 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 23.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,944 (35.8% percentile) for all time with 1,791 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,702 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 14 births since 2017.
Cassian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for boys and 2017 for girls). Birth data for Cassian is available in 20 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 2 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cassian has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Cassian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 48.8% percentile (ranked #467) with 302 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 302 births per million (ranked 48.8% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cassian is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #467 (48.8% percentile) with 302 births per million.
For girls, Cassian reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #943) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Currently, Cassian is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #943 (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cassian".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cassian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.1% confident that Cassian is pronounced as KA-see-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-shuhn, at 35.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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