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Cass
Rank in 2024
#5,392
Born in 2024
18
Peak year
1989 · #1787
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 18 boys were named Cass, about 1 in every 95,295.
- It peaked in 1989 with 43 babies, ranked #1787.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 1,841 boys have been named Cass since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cass per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 167 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 354 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 302 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 367 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 273 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 270 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English surname, from a pet form of Cassandra. As an Irish surname, from Ó Cais (“descendant of the curly-haired one”), from cas (“curly”).
- A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval origin, later also used for Cassidy, Cassiopeia, and Catherine with its variant forms.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A diminutive of the male given name Cassius.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cass, CC BY-SA 4.0.