Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Kassia

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #4,120 Trend ↑ Rising 10%
Rank 2025
#4,120
among girls · ↑1,926 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
35
named Kassia · +75% vs 2024
How common
1 in 45,922
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
35 babies
All-time total
876
#8,217 all-time among girls
First recorded
1967
in Social Security records

Kassia popularity over time

876 babies have been named Kassia since 1967, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.010.010.020.0318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s 5 1 – #7,258
1970s 93 9 +1760% #3,977
1980s 166 17 +78% #3,615
1990s 164 16 -1% #4,573
2000s 151 15 -8% #6,096
2010s 182 18 +21% #4,828
2020s (to 2025) 115 19 +5% #4,120

Where Kassia is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 35 0.02 outside top 500
2027 35 0.02 outside top 500
2028 36 0.02 outside top 500
2029 36 0.02 outside top 500
2030 36 0.02 outside top 500

The story of Kassia

Kassia is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #4,120 in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1967, 876 American babies have been named Kassia. Its peak came in 2025, when 35 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Kassia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Kassia?

The median living Kassia is about 24 years old; half are between 10 and 38. An estimated 900 people named Kassia are alive in the United States today.

median 24 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Kassia year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 35 #4,120
2024 20 #6,046
2023 15 #7,447
2022 7 #12,885
2021 22 #5,656
2020 16 #7,064
2019 21 #5,886
2018 28 #4,828
2017 22 #5,744
2016 17 #7,063
2015 26 #5,210
2014 17 #7,148
2013 8 #12,582
2012 18 #7,007
2011 15 #7,987
2010 10 #10,827
2009 15 #8,247
2008 18 #7,222
2007 10 #11,233
2006 18 #6,998
2005 16 #7,315
2004 20 #6,096
2003 12 #8,778
2002 17 #6,535
2001 11 #9,049
2000 14 #7,361
1995 14 #6,424
1990 16 #5,676
1985 15 #4,956
1980 11 #6,089
1975 8 #6,780
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Famous people named Kassia

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Kassia Kassia Byzantine-Greek composer and hymnographer (810–865) Medieval

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Kassia, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Kassia?

The median living Kassia is about 24 years old. Half of all living Kassias are between 10 and 38 years old.

How many people named Kassia are alive today?

An estimated 900 people named Kassia are alive in the United States, based on 876 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Kassia in 2025?

Kassia ranked #4,120 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 35 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Kassia?

876 babies have been named Kassia in the United States since 1967, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Kassia most popular?

Kassia peaked in 2025, when 35 newborns received the name.

Is Kassia a boy or girl name?

Kassia is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Kassia rising or falling?

Kassia is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Kassia become more popular?

Kassia looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 36 girls named Kassia in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Kassia?

Well-known people named Kassia include Kassia (writer).

Names like Kassia

Names that sound and feel close to Kassia: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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