# Cassidy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cassidy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of caiside”, “curly-haired” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæsɪdi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Cass, Cassie |
| Variant spellings | Casady, Cassda, Casada, Cassaday, Cassady, Cassedy, Cassiday, Kassidy |
| US babies named this | 64,583 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,735 / 60,848 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,756, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Caiside (“descendant of Caiside”), from cas (“curly-haired”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,126 | 282 |
| 2012 | 1,140 | 280 |
| 2013 | 1,276 | 250 |
| 2014 | 1,311 | 247 |
| 2015 | 1,236 | 257 |
| 2016 | 1,123 | 289 |
| 2017 | 1,003 | 326 |
| 2018 | 869 | 361 |
| 2019 | 865 | 368 |
| 2020 | 765 | 411 |
| 2021 | 655 | 478 |
| 2022 | 661 | 478 |
| 2023 | 620 | 495 |
| 2024 | 646 | 478 |
| 2025 | 558 | 541 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,481 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,497 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,306 |
| 2014 | 45 | 2,671 |
| 2015 | 42 | 2,817 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,258 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,020 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,939 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,430 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,735 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,871 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,682 |
| 2023 | 55 | 2,445 |
| 2024 | 61 | 2,317 |
| 2025 | 51 | 2,575 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 629 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 57 | 699 |
| 2014 | 51 | 763 |
| 2015 | 59 | 686 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 57 | 715 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 51 | 749 |
| 2020 | 59 | 637 |
| 2021 | 47 | 779 |
| 2022 | 50 | 729 |
| 2023 | 52 | 694 |
| 2024 | 48 | 776 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Cassidy

- Cassidy Freeman, American actress and singer
- Cassidy Hutchinson, American political staffer (1996-)
- Cassidy Rae, American actress
- Cassidy Gifford, American actress
- DJ Cassidy, American DJ and record producer
- Roger Clinton Jr., American actor and musician, half brother of former President Bill Clinton

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.