Kasandra
Kasandra is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Polish.
- English
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Kasandra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kasandra is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Polish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Polish
The Story of Kasandra
Kasandra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1943, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 391 births, good for #597 nationwide. About 35% of every Kasandra on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kasandra ranks #6,877 for baby girls with 16 births, falling sharply (-21%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kasandra
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About the name Kasandra
Kasandra is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1943 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Kasandra's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #597. Use the chart and map above to compare Kasandra'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.