Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kassian isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kassian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 266
- 266 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #2,959 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +92%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,959 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kassian’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kassian
- Kassian CephasIndonesian photographer (1845–1912)
- Kassian Bogatyretsrusyn Eastern Orthodox priest (1868–1960)
- Cassian HaidAustrian priest (1879–1949)
- Kassian LautererAustrian abbot (1934–2022)1931–2022
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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