girls:
33.1k births since 1945
#765 (87th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1993
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
33.1k births since 1945
#1386 (82nd percentile)
The name Kassandra is the #1,386 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 33,146 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 82.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 82.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #765 (86.6% percentile) for all time with 33,130 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1993.
Kassandra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1993 for boys).
The name Kassandra has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kassandra reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 86.3% percentile (ranked #119) with 1,385 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 1,385 births per million (ranked 86.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kassandra ranks #761 for girls (19.7% percentile) with 109 births per million, which is 7.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kassandra reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #763) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kassandra".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kassandra", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Cassandra" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Cassandra..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kassandra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.3% confident that Kassandra is pronounced as kuh-SAN-druh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-SUHN-druh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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