Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Cass

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cass
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1989

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1881Peak 19892024

Peak year

1989

Decline from peak

58.1%

2024

All-time

1,841

Cass has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1989, when 43 boys were named Cass.

In 2024, only 18 boys were given the name.

Down 58.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,841 Americans have been named Cass and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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