How Many People Are Named Cassian?

2,891

people named Cassian are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 118,223 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,907 babies named Cassian in Social Security records from 1997 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,293

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,977

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

633 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Pronunciation: KASH-ən (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from CASSIUS. This was the name of several saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Tangier who is the patron saint of stenographers and a 5th-century mystic who founded a monastery in Marseille.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.5%
Male
99.5%

Almost all of the babies given the name Cassian (99.5%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Cassian alive today is about 3 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 5 in 2025.

Under 30 2,891
100%
30 to 59 0
0%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Cassian first appears in the records in 1997, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 633 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1997 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Cassian has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #479, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #479.

Boys
Rank in 2025#479
Best rank#479 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#691 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Cassian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Cassian were born in California than in any other state: about 453 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cassian was given 1.7 times as often in Washington, 1.6 times in California and 1.5 times in Colorado.

California 453
Texas 243
Florida 152
New York 117
Washington 84
Pennsylvania 79
Virginia 75
Michigan 72
North Carolina 70
New Jersey 66
Arizona 65
Illinois 64
Colorado 59
Ohio 56
Missouri 54
Georgia 50
Minnesota 47
Indiana 46
Utah 44
Oregon 43
Maryland 39
Tennessee 38
Massachusetts 34
Wisconsin 30
Oklahoma 25
Nevada 25
Connecticut 21
Louisiana 19
Alabama 18
Kentucky 16
Kansas 14
South Carolina 14
Arkansas 13
Nebraska 6
West Virginia 6
New Mexico 5
Mississippi 5
Idaho 5
Alaska 5

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