Fun Facts About the Name Cassius
- More than 9 thousand babies named Cassius: U.S. records list 9,763 babies given the name Cassius from 1880 through 2025. Even 29 girls received the name Cassius - about 1 girl for every 336 boys.
What Does the Name Cassius Mean?
Cassius is a Latin name, originally the family name (nomen) of the Roman gens Cassia. Its meaning is not firmly settled. The explanation given most often connects it to Latin cassus, meaning "empty," "hollow," or "vain," but that link is a proposed etymology rather than a demonstrated one. A separate suggestion ties the name to cassis, "helmet," which would give it a military sense; this too is unproven. Because the root is obscure and the family name is very old, the literal meaning is best treated as uncertain.
Cassius Name History & Origins
The gens Cassia was a plebeian family at Rome whose members appear in the earliest records of the Republic. Spurius Cassius Vecellinus held the consulship in 502, 493, and 486 BC and was put to death after being accused of aiming at royal power. Later members of the family used the cognomen Longinus, giving the form Cassius Longinus; the best known is Gaius Cassius Longinus, the senator who, with Brutus, led the conspiracy that killed Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Another bearer of the family name was Cassius Dio, a Greek from Bithynia who wrote a history of Rome in Greek in the early third century AD.
From the Roman family name came the cognomen Cassianus, which stands behind the related name Cassian. In the English-speaking world the name is familiar from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, in which Cassius leads the plot against Caesar. In modern times it is also remembered as the birth name of the boxer Muhammad Ali, who was born Cassius Clay in 1942.
How Popular is the Name Cassius?
Cassius recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2021. Its best rank was #430 in 1880.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #15,643 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #12,503 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #15,723 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #15,583 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,983 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #583 | 504 | 0.0295% |
| 2024 | #567 | 516 | 0.0301% |
| 2023 | #576 | 508 | 0.0297% |
| 2022 | #547 | 541 | 0.0310% |
| 2021 | #485 | 607 | 0.0347% |
| 2020 | #488 | 602 | 0.0349% |
| 2019 | #514 | 554 | 0.0309% |
| 2018 | #595 | 460 | 0.0253% |
| 2017 | #583 | 466 | 0.0252% |
| 2016 | #600 | 449 | 0.0237% |
| 2015 | #643 | 406 | 0.0212% |
| 2014 | #704 | 346 | 0.0180% |
| 2013 | #757 | 300 | 0.0159% |
| 2012 | #934 | 218 | 0.0115% |
| 2011 | #873 | 240 | 0.0126% |
| 2010 | #1,006 | 195 | 0.0102% |
| 2009 | #993 | 199 | 0.0100% |
| 2008 | #946 | 213 | 0.0104% |
| 2007 | #1,113 | 164 | 0.0079% |
| 2006 | #1,059 | 169 | 0.0082% |
| 2005 | #1,443 | 102 | 0.0051% |
| 2004 | #1,457 | 95 | 0.0048% |
| 2003 | #1,597 | 79 | 0.0040% |
| 2002 | #1,484 | 85 | 0.0044% |
| 2001 | #1,875 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 2000 | #1,801 | 60 | 0.0031% |
| 1999 | #2,031 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 1998 | #1,876 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #1,994 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #2,047 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 1995 | #2,302 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #2,777 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #1,942 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 1992 | #1,847 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #1,774 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 1990 | #1,843 | 42 | 0.0020% |
| 1989 | #2,549 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1988 | #2,258 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1987 | #2,406 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #2,106 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1985 | #2,963 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #2,170 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1983 | #2,503 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #2,721 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #2,279 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1980 | #3,649 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #2,790 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #2,489 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1977 | #3,066 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1976 | #2,254 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1975 | #3,274 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1974 | #2,371 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 1973 | #2,874 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #2,090 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1971 | #1,418 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1970 | #1,662 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 1969 | #1,772 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1968 | #1,848 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1967 | #1,136 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1966 | #1,218 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1965 | #1,167 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1964 | #862 | 78 | 0.0039% |
| 1963 | #1,514 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1962 | #2,127 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #2,002 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1960 | #3,128 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #2,852 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #3,587 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,002 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,794 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1950 | #3,372 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #2,130 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1946 | #3,594 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #2,493 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #2,427 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #2,971 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #2,911 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #2,699 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #3,167 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,597 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,316 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1932 | #3,855 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #2,113 | 13 | 0.0013% |
| 1930 | #2,319 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1929 | #2,624 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1928 | #2,690 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #3,203 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1926 | #2,319 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1925 | #2,779 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1924 | #3,057 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #2,034 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1922 | #2,837 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #2,836 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1920 | #2,062 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1919 | #3,155 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #2,011 | 16 | 0.0016% |
| 1917 | #1,827 | 17 | 0.0018% |
| 1916 | #1,651 | 19 | 0.0021% |
| 1915 | #2,480 | 10 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,303 | 9 | 0.0014% |
| 1913 | #1,693 | 11 | 0.0021% |
| 1910 | #1,631 | 5 | 0.0026% |
| 1908 | #1,411 | 5 | 0.0032% |
| 1895 | #998 | 6 | 0.0051% |
| 1893 | #779 | 8 | 0.0071% |
| 1892 | #810 | 8 | 0.0066% |
| 1891 | #862 | 6 | 0.0059% |
| 1890 | #820 | 7 | 0.0063% |
| 1889 | #892 | 6 | 0.0054% |
| 1888 | #657 | 10 | 0.0083% |
| 1887 | #952 | 5 | 0.0049% |
| 1885 | #776 | 7 | 0.0065% |
| 1884 | #872 | 6 | 0.0052% |
| 1883 | #605 | 10 | 0.0096% |
| 1882 | #546 | 12 | 0.0106% |
| 1881 | #606 | 9 | 0.0089% |
| 1880 | #430 | 17 | 0.0154% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Cassius Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are cheerful and friendly, but are apt to have an emotional life. You like to have several lines of effort going at once. You are a good talker and promoter and seldom worry over anything. At times, you can be impatient, and impulsive. You have the ability to bring an idea to completion. You can express yourself joyously and constructively. You might be psychic, but not know it. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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