Cassiana
Cassiana is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Cassiana malacella, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Mexico, the southern United States, the British Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and Bermuda.
Meaning & Origin of Cassiana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cassiana is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. Its only species, Cassiana malacella, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Mexico, the southern United States, the British Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and Bermuda.
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The Story of Cassiana
American parents first put Cassiana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1992, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 8 Cassianas were born — ranking #11,611 that year. About 46% of every Cassiana on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Cassiana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Cassiana
Cassiana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Cassiana's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #11,611. Use the chart and map above to compare Cassiana'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 .
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