Cassander

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To shine; excel over + man

Cassander has been given to 30 babies in the U.S. since 1966. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1976, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Cassander, 1976

1 in 433,000

Cassander over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cassander over time

In 2024, Cassander went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19662024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cassander: meaning, origin, and history

To shine; excel over + man

Ancient Greek

What Cassander means

Cassander means “to shine; excel over + man”, associated with κέκασμαι and ἀνήρ.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From κέκασμαι (kékasmai, “to shine; excel over”) and ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). In turn, the name means "one who excels over man."

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Origin, language, and formation

Cassander is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Cassander is pronounced /kəˈsæn.də(ɹ)/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Cassander between 1966 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1976; its best national rank was #6,345 in 1968.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Cassander between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2024; its best national rank was #11,175 in 2024.

How common is Cassander?

Cassander had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 433,000; 7 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only: 1 in 209,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 300,432 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cassander sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 300,432 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cassander. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cassanders were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cassander was born before 1972 — so the typical Cassander is around 53 today.

Median birth year: 1972; About 53 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (13).

Is Cassander rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1976 (7)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,345; 1968

Spellings of Cassander

Cassander is not the most common spelling — Cassandra is, with 99.7% against Cassander's 0.01%.

Cassandra99.7%171,008
Cassandre0.32%548
Cassander0.01%24

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cassander by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,345; 1968
Peak year: 1976; 7 that year
First recorded: 1966
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,175; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 6 that year
First recorded: 2024
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cassander

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Cassander

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Abdul Tory Aric

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