boy's name

Cassius

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 13,200

the United States

#584

2025 births

Cassius is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 504 babies in the United States, ranking #584. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Cassius is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2021, when 612 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 6,578 babies in the United States is given this name.

Cassius over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,643
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Cassius by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 82
1890s 35
1900s 5
1910s 95
1920s 112
1930s 47
1940s 59
1950s 34
1960s 309
1970s 189
1980s 211
1990s 419
2000s 1,225
2010s 3,643
2020s (to 2025) 3,301

How popular is Cassius?

In 2025, Cassius was given to 504 babies in the United States, ranking #584 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Cassius is used

England & Wales #320 140 in 2025
Northern Ireland #528 3 in 2021
United States #584 504 in 2025
Canada #884 30 in 2024
Scotland #913 3 in 2024
France #6,776 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cassius

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cassius also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cassius over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Cassius in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Cassio

Sibling names for Cassius

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cassius — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cassius

How popular is the name Cassius?

In 2025, Cassius was given to 504 babies in the United States, ranking #584 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Cassius a girl's or a boy's name?

Cassius is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Cassius most popular?

Cassius peaked in 2021, when 612 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Cassius a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Cassius currently ranks #320 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.