Kasondra
Feminine
Kasondra differs from its nearest relative by a single letter in the middle, and the record counts them as two separate names with two separate histories — which is a description of the data rather than of the world.
How old is the name Kasondra?
Kasondra first appears in US birth records in 1966 — 59 years ago. The typical Kasondra alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 900 people named Kasondra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kasondra most popular?
Kasondra peaked in 1990, reaching #1974 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kasondra
One s or two changes nothing that can be heard. English uses a doubled consonant to mark the vowel before it as short, and in this name that vowel is unstressed and colorless either way, so the rule has nothing to work on — which leaves the doubling as pure decoration, and a parent free to choose. The record then files the two versions apart, gives each its own curve, and makes both look rarer than the sound was. Multiply that across the three or four places this name can vary and the family scatters into a dozen entries, none of them large. Reassemble them and you have a name that was reasonably common for two decades.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Greek name behind it has never been explained: the second half resembles a word about men or shining and the first half has no agreed reading at all. The o in this spelling is a modern substitution and adds nothing.
Pronouncing Kasondra
kuh-SAHN-druh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The single s is said exactly as a doubled one here.
Nicknames for Kasondra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1966
- Most girls named
- 199069 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1974reached in 1990
- Change vs 2011
- 0.0%5 in 2012, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kasondras among us
people named Kasondra are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kasondra sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The name behind it is ancient and universally recognized.
- It shortens two ways and both short forms stand alone.
- It is read correctly on sight.
- Cassandra is the standard spelling and hers will be written that way.
- Two variables in the middle of the name means several near-neighbors.
- The Greek name has no established meaning.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kasondras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Kasondra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kasondra in 2025?
- Kasondra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kasondra with classmates?
- Kasondra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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