Spellings
Cassandra or Kassandra?
In the US in 2025, 70% of babies in this name family were spelled Cassandra and 30% Kassandra. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Cassandra already led in 2015, with 62% of the family's births; it has 70% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 989 to 660 births (−33%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassandra | 616 | 463 | −25% |
| Kassandra | 373 | 197 | −47% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /kəˈsændrə/ (kuh-SAN-druh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Cassandra 50 births (#760 among girls) and Kassandra 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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