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

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Peak · boys
1881 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,860
since 1881

Cass over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #4,235, 1949peak #706, 1881girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#5,24118
2023#5,66616
2022#4,44223
2021#3,36234
2020#4,14124
2019#4,23024
2018#4,73920
2017#15,9025#3,78128
2016#3,68129
2015#4,71120
2014#4,26323
2013#7,02611
2012#6,62612
2011#4,11024
2010#3,53130
2009#4,16024
2008#4,71420
2007#4,80819
2006#5,78114
2005#5,03416
2004#5,00716
2003#15,7845#6,71510
2002#5,39513
2001#5,39013
2000#4,38917
1999#5,03513
1998#4,41315
1997#3,87717
1996#4,18515
1995#13,3865#4,28014
1994#4,29014
1993#4,22714
1992#3,33819
1991#13,1475#2,14334
1990#11,4096#2,37329
1989#1,76643
1988#2,30526
1987#11,3255#2,05729
1986#1,91731
1985#2,29323
1984#2,23223
1983#6,21210#1,86429
1982#3,69211
1981#9,1106#3,22113
1980#3,09814
1979#10,2105#2,37920
1978#2,79915
1977#7,5677#2,36119
1976#9,2845#2,41718
1975#2,36118
1974#3,31810
1973#7,4356#2,40516
1972#8,2925#1,87123
1971#1,52632
1970#5,8188#1,69926
1969#6,6176#1,64225
1968#5,6427#2,44512
1967#6,8045#1,90617
1966#1,65022
1965#2,08415
1964#1,72921
1963#1,90218
1962#1,71322
1961#1,52128
1960#1,21042
1959#1,62024
1958#4,8907#1,83819
1957#6,0865#2,09315
1956#5,9525#2,49711
1955#2,30212
1954#4,2788#1,66821
1953#1,63022
1952#1,80418
1951#1,90416
1950#2,20712
1949#4,2357#1,82017
1948#2,02714
1947#3,7335
1946#1,75917
1945#2,9966
1944#2,8627
1943#2,7328
1942#2,5239
1941
1940#3,1306
1939#2,8297
1938#3,5345
1937
1936
1935#2,9517
1934
1933#3,6425
1932#3,7765
1931#2,6519
1930#4,0015
1929
1928#4,1515
1927#3,7806
1926#2,30213
1925#3,1558
1924#3,0239
1923#2,44612
1922#2,80110
1921#2,50212
1920#3,8156
1919#3,3917
1918#2,54311
1917#2,28012
1916#1,94915
1915#2,31011
1914#3,2645
1913#2,8215
1912#2,0457
1911
1910#1,4216
1909
1908
1907
1906#1,2535
1905
1904#9667
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898
1897#9426
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882
1881#7067
1880
First appearance
1881

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 196 spots since 2024 (#5,241#5,045)
  • 904 spots since 2020 (#4,141#5,045)
  • 334 spots since 2015 (#4,711#5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1881 at #706 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,391
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 13.0% of all boys named Cass (242) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#706 (1881)#777
1890s6#942 (1897)#942
1900s17#966 (1904)#1,176
1910s79#1,421 (1910)#2,447
1920s81#2,302 (1926)#3,108
1930s43#2,651 (1931)#3,341
1940s89#1,759 (1946)#2,620
1950s170#1,620 (1959)#1,956
1960s222#1,210 (1960)#1,780
1970s197#1,526 (1971)#2,314
1980s242#1,766 (1989)#2,445
1990s184#2,143 (1991)#3,816
2000s162#4,160 (2009)#5,139
2010s221#3,531 (2010)#4,670
2020s134#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 1983

girls
#6,212
10 births · 1 in 167,061 girls
boys
#1,864
29 births · 1 in 61,813 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #6,212Cass10

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #1,864Cass29
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 167,061 of them was named Cass, which outranked 48.6% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cass
  1. #5,824Zahava11
  2. #5,824Zeina11
  3. #5,824Zeinab11
  4. #6,212Cass10
  5. #6,212Abbra10
  6. #6,212Adilah10
  7. #6,212Adonica10
  8. #6,705Aarin9
  9. #6,705Abbygail9
  10. #6,705Abel9

Tied with 492 names at #6,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 6,772Ciji#7,469#697
  2. 6,751Kirby#7,469#718
  3. 2,656Dwan#3,530#874
  4. 1,888Mallory#2,220#332
  5. 987Marquita#1,099#112
Fallers
  1. 656Syreeta#717#1,373
  2. 572Jenilee#817#1,389
  3. 538Tenika#947#1,485
  4. 396Toccara#541#937
  5. 333Venus#950#1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 61,813 of them was named Cass, which outranked 74.6% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cass
  1. #1,822Warner30
  2. #1,822Yannick30
  3. #1,822Yousef30
  4. #1,864Cass29
  5. #1,864Alicia29
  6. #1,864Axel29
  7. #1,864Byran29
  8. #1,905Aidan28
  9. #1,905Arik28
  10. #1,905Arlo28

Tied with 40 names at #1,864; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983