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Cassie

As a girl's name, Cassie traces back to Greek, where it is understood to mean "Greek, disputed, she who entangles men". It peaked back in the 1980s and has been gradually easing since. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. 1982 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

EtymologyDiminutive of Cassandra
GreekGreek, disputed – "she who entangles men"
Births by decade
1900s
815
1910s
1,490
1920s
1,455
1930s
834
1940s
885
1950s
1,232
1960s
1,559
1970s
4,381
1980s
15,852
1990s
9,465
2000s
4,651
2010s
1,623
Peaked in the 1980s · 44,242 total U.S. births since 1900