Cassidy

#541 for girls in 2025, 558 births · #2,572 for boys in 2025, 51 births
Given to girls 94.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 3,395 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
60,848
since 1969

Cassidy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #99, 1999peak #665, 1984girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#541558#2,57251
2024#478646#2,31361
2023#495620#2,44155
2022#478661#2,67549
2021#478655#2,86243
2020#411765#2,72845
2019#368865#2,42155
2018#361869#1,93776
2017#3261,003#2,01470
2016#2891,123#2,25559
2015#2571,236#2,80942
2014#2471,311#2,66145
2013#2501,276#2,29955
2012#2801,140#2,48850
2011#2821,126#2,47850
2010#2501,286#2,42951
2009#2441,360#2,34855
2008#2281,491#2,08866
2007#2071,657#2,41653
2006#1991,771#1,94369
2005#1891,833#2,70140
2004#1682,007#2,02459
2003#1502,235#3,62624
2002#1312,634#2,75534
2001#1073,029#2,48939
2000#1073,163#2,29842
1999#993,395#1,82454
1998#1133,045#1,76857
1997#1053,143#1,75355
1996#1092,844#1,36878
1995#1083,042#1,24487
1994#1392,306#1,041114
1993#2671,028#1,060109
1992#354725#987119
1991#418610#1,077102
1990#470521#921125
1989#487482#911124
1988#538405#884116
1987#521396#852120
1986#546371#912101
1985#491416#718151
1984#492406#665169
1983#530358#669163
1982#756219#1,10768
1981#942157#1,18860
1980#1,077131#1,13364
1979#1,204108#1,46441
1978#1,221102#1,37145
1977#1,51472#1,21053
1976#1,60262#1,19052
1975#1,72954#1,59332
1974#2,21336#1,31142
1973#2,56528#1,78225
1972#2,31132#1,92822
1971#3,65217#1,74526
1970#4,49212#2,62113
1969#7,4715#4,4045
1968—#4,1365
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five girls were named Cassidy! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cassidy is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedNHWashington: #318 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedIDMontana: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 665 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #302 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsMNIllinois: #457 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,140 girlsILWisconsin: #368 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,667 girlsWIMichigan: #817 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,809 girlsMINew York: #775 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 6,424 girlsNYMassachusetts: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,533 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedRIOregon: #272 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsORNevada: #283 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,380 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedSDIowa: #214 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsIAIndiana: #325 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,345 girlsINOhio: #468 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,731 girlsOHPennsylvania: #552 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,840 girlsPANew Jersey: #695 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,996 girlsNJConnecticut: #348 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,387 girlsCTCalifornia: #733 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 5,705 girlsCAUtah: #141 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 645 girlsUTColorado: #295 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,731 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #409 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,986 girlsMOKentucky: #300 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,124 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #455 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,435 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedDEArizona: #459 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,626 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedNMKansas: #292 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedARTennessee: #219 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,372 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #475 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,715 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #332 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,939 girlsOKLouisiana: #510 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,173 girlsLAMississippi: #399 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,296 girlsMSAlabama: #421 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsALGeorgia: #336 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,246 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedHITexas: #532 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 3,718 girlsTXFlorida: #326 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,139 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#141 · 1 in 645
  2. Montana#170 · 1 in 665
  3. Iowa#214 · 1 in 1,229
  4. Tennessee#219 · 1 in 1,372
  5. Oregon#272 · 1 in 1,526

Best ever in a state: #31 in Maine, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#141211 in 645
Montana#17051 in 665
Iowa#214131 in 1,229
Tennessee#219221 in 1,372
Oregon#272111 in 1,526
Nevada#28351 in 1,380
Kansas#29281 in 1,745
Colorado#295121 in 1,731
Kentucky#300101 in 2,124
Minnesota#302131 in 2,149
Washington#318161 in 1,932
Indiana#325151 in 2,345
Florida#326371 in 2,139
Oklahoma#33291 in 1,939
Georgia#336191 in 2,246
Connecticut#34881 in 2,387
Wisconsin#368111 in 2,667
Mississippi#39961 in 2,296
Missouri#409111 in 2,986
Alabama#42181 in 2,809
Virginia#455111 in 3,435
Illinois#457251 in 3,140
Arizona#459101 in 2,626
Ohio#468191 in 3,731
North Carolina#475111 in 3,715
Louisiana#51081 in 3,173
Texas#532371 in 3,718
Pennsylvania#552151 in 4,840
Massachusetts#61671 in 5,533
New Jersey#69581 in 5,996
California#733461 in 5,705
New York#775191 in 6,424
Michigan#81781 in 7,809
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cassidy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 63 spots since 2024 (#478 → #541)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#411 → #541)
  • 284 spots since 2015 (#257 → #541)
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1983 (#756 → #530)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2021 (#411 → #478)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 1999 at #99 (3,395 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1999
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1981–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 522
  • Highest: 1 in 522 girls born in 1999 were named Cassidy (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,880 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 34.8% of all girls named Cassidy (21,180) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1975
  • Mostly boys until 1974, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,471 (1969)#7,471
1970s523#1,204 (1979)#2,250
1980s3,341#487 (1989)#638
1990s20,659#99 (1999)#218
2000s21,180#107 (2000)#173
2010s11,235#247 (2014)#291
2020s3,905#411 (2020)#480

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cassidy in 1990

girls
#470
521 births · 1 in 3,644 girls
boys
#921
125 births · 1 in 16,432 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #470Cassidy521

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #921Cassidy125
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,644 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 96.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cassidy
  1. #466Tori526
  2. #468Leigh523
  3. #469Sheena522
  4. #470Cassidy521
  5. #470Beatriz521
  6. #470Patrice521
  7. #473Alanna520
  8. #474Jodi518
  9. #475Traci517

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 16,432 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 90.3% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cassidy
  1. #914Prince126
  2. #914Rashaad126
  3. #914Samson126
  4. #921Cassidy125
  5. #921Abram125
  6. #921Cale125
  7. #921Cristobal125
  8. #926Dave124
  9. #926Gregg124
  10. #926Kai124

Tied with 4 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →