Cass
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 93.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,860since 1881
Cass over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,241 | 18 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,362 | 34 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,230 | 24 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #3,781 | 28 |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,531 | 30 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,160 | 24 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,808 | 19 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,143 | 34 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | — | #1,766 | 43 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,293 | 23 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,232 | 23 | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,713 | 22 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,210 | 42 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,804 | 18 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #1,820 | 17 |
| 1948 | — | #2,027 | 14 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,949 | 15 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #706 | 7 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Cass! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cass
- 196 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #5,045)
- 904 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #5,045)
- 334 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #5,045)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1904
- Highest: 1 in 14,391 boys born in 1881 were named Cass (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.0% of all boys named Cass (242) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #706 (1881) | #777 |
| 1890s | 6 | #942 (1897) | #942 |
| 1900s | 17 | #966 (1904) | #1,176 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,447 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,302 (1926) | #3,108 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,651 (1931) | #3,341 |
| 1940s | 89 | #1,759 (1946) | #2,620 |
| 1950s | 170 | #1,620 (1959) | #1,956 |
| 1960s | 222 | #1,210 (1960) | #1,780 |
| 1970s | 197 | #1,526 (1971) | #2,314 |
| 1980s | 242 | #1,766 (1989) | #2,445 |
| 1990s | 184 | #2,143 (1991) | #3,816 |
| 2000s | 162 | #4,160 (2009) | #5,139 |
| 2010s | 221 | #3,531 (2010) | #4,670 |
| 2020s | 134 | #3,362 (2021) | #4,650 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cass in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 94,035 of them was named Cass, which outranked 63.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,669Tyree23
- #1,669Valerie23
- #1,669Wendy23
- #1,713Cass22
- #1,713Arlo22
- #1,713Brendon22
- #1,713Candelario22
- #1,757Ahmad21
- #1,757Alaric21
- #1,757Albin21
Tied with 43 names at #1,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.