Cassian
- Pronunciation
- [Ca-ssi-an]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Curly-Headed.
- Origin
- Irish
About the Name Cassian
Cassian derives from the Roman family name Cassius, a name carried by early Christian saints and traditionally associated with humility; the gloss "curly-headed" reflects one popular reading of its Latin root. With its ancient Roman pedigree and its saintly history, Cassian carries a scholarly, classical weight while still feeling notably fresh to modern ears — a rare combination of deep antiquity and contemporary appeal that has driven its recent rise.
The three syllables, Ca-ssi-an, give it a smooth, dignified sound, and its soft sibilant center keeps it from feeling at all heavy or severe. The name reads as both vintage and contemporary, fitting the current taste for Roman names that pair true antiquity with a crisp, usable nickname like Cass. It feels intelligent and refined while remaining easy to say and spell, which has helped it move quickly into mainstream use.
Cassian first entered the US Social Security top-1000 very recently, in 2021, and reached its peak in 2023 at rank #531, ranking #616 in 2024. It has accounted for 1,491 top-1000 births so far, a small total fitting its newness on the chart. That brisk recent debut marks Cassian as one of the newer Roman revivals climbing quickly into American use, part of a broader fashion for classical boys' names.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Cassian
US Popularity History (2021–2025)
Annual US births named Cassian by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 633 boys named Cassian (boy rank #479 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Cassian Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2017–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Cassian the strongest states are Oregon, Utah, Minnesota.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | #786 | 56 |
| 2 | Texas | #773 | 149 |
| 3 | Florida | #756 | 88 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #756 | 48 |
| 5 | Illinois | #751 | 51 |
| 6 | Michigan | #734 | 60 |
| 7 | Alabama | #696 | 18 |
| 8 | Indiana | #679 | 38 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #674 | 44 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | #656 | 27 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2017–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Cassian in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Cassian against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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