Cas
Cas is a masculine given name and nickname, as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Cas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cas is a masculine given name and nickname, as well as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Cas
American parents first put Cas on the record books as a baby boy name in 1881, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 13 Cass were born — ranking #6,293 that year. About 28% of every Cas on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Cas last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 181 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Cas
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Cas. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Cas
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About the name Cas
Cas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 181 births in the dataset. Cas's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #6,293. Use the chart and map above to compare Cas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.