Cass
About Cass
Ties to the unfortunate Mama are now unraveling, leaving Cass or Cassie to stand on its own as a fresher sounding Cathy or Kate. With gender-neutral names abound and the growing trend of boyish nicknames for girls, Cass may be on the up and up.
Pronounced KAS.
As of October 2026, Cass ranked #16359 in US births in 2017 SSA, peaked at #4291 in 1949.
Editor's take: The name Cass is a girl's name of English origin meaning "shining or excelling man; cinnamon".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
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- Cady
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- Darien
- Dalila
- Brook
- Merilee
- Evangelyn
- Jaina
- Blakesley
- Faythe
- Kae
- Julian
- Roxie
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Cass on lists
Famous Casss
- Cass Mapother
elder sister of American actor Tom Cruise
- Cass Phang
Hong Kong singer
- Cassandra "Cass" Fox
English singer
- Catherine "Cass" Dailey
American singer and actress
- Mama Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen)
American singer of The Mamas and the Papas
- Kiera Cass
author of "The Selection" books
Cass in pop culture
- Cassandra "Cass" Cain aka Batgirl
character in Batman comics
- Cassandra "Cass
" main character in "The Name of This Book Is Secret" by Pseudonymous Bosch
- Cassie "Cass" Kennington
character in movie "Have Dreams, Will Travel"
- Rose of Sharon "Cass" Cassidy
character in video game "Fallout: New Vegas"
- "Cass
" 1978 Australian movie
- Cass Hamada
character in the 2014 movie Big Hero 6
- Cassandra "Cass"
character in "The Forest of Hands and Teeth", by Carrie Ryan