How popular is the name Cassidy?

Cassidy ranks 418th among girls' names in US records, with 85,465 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,054.

Is Cassidy a unisex name?

No. Cassidy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 4,343 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kassidy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#418 of girl names

Pronounced K AE1 S IH0 D IY0 (ARPABET)

Cassidy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1969. It has been given to 85,465 children — the 418th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 38% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1999, when 4,343 children were given it.

Kassidy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1999Girls: 4,343Boys: 63

These spellings sound identical to Cassidy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cassidy?: Cassidy ranks 418th among girls' names in US records, with 85,465 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 13,054.
Is Cassidy a unisex name?: No. Cassidy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cassidy most popular?: 1999, when 4,343 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cassidy spelled?: Kassidy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.