The name Cassidy is of Gaelic origin, and means curly haired.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cassidy has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Cassidy
Use of the Name Cassidy for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
36,869
36,869
36,869
28,477
13,021
4,217
1,992
The table below indicates the number of times the name Cassidy has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Cassidy first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1981, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Cassidy
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1981
943
157
1982
755
218
1983
533
355
669
163
1984
490
408
666
169
1985
491
416
716
151
1986
545
372
912
101
1987
521
394
851
120
1988
538
405
882
116
1989
490
480
911
124
1990
469
522
923
125
1991
419
609
1992
355
723
991
119
1993
267
1,027
1994
139
2,306
1995
108
3,040
1996
109
2,843
1997
105
3,140
1998
113
3,043
1999
99
3,390
2000
106
3,157
2001
107
3,023
2002
131
2,624
2003
150
2,225
2004
168
1,992
Totals:
36,869
1,188
During the last 125 years, parents have used Cassidy as a girl's name about 96% of the time and less frequently (about 3% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Cassidy appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 24 times during the last 125 years.