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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 506 girlsAKMaine: #47 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 158 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #101 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 378 girlsNHWashington: #95 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 403 girlsWAIdaho: #48 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 185 girlsIDMontana: #48 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 155 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #57 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 178 girlsNDMinnesota: #108 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 462 girlsMNIllinois: #130 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 588 girlsILWisconsin: #94 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 391 girlsWIMichigan: #89 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 403 girlsMINew York: #119 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 601 girlsNYMassachusetts: #120 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 513 girlsMARhode Island: #93 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 299 girlsRIOregon: #102 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 403 girlsORNevada: #81 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 305 girlsNVWyoming: #75 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 218 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #46 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 145 girlsSDIowa: #72 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 280 girlsIAIndiana: #70 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 309 girlsINOhio: #92 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 399 girlsOHPennsylvania: #110 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 507 girlsPANew Jersey: #113 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 549 girlsNJConnecticut: #133 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 551 girlsCTCalifornia: #168 for girls · 290 births · 1 in 768 girlsCAUtah: #65 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 278 girlsUTColorado: #77 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 322 girlsCONebraska: #65 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 242 girlsNEMissouri: #100 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 434 girlsMOKentucky: #61 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 260 girlsKYWest Virginia: #71 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 262 girlsWVVirginia: #98 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 462 girlsVAMaryland: #136 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 606 girlsMDDelaware: #121 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 433 girlsDEArizona: #144 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 597 girlsAZNew Mexico: #285 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,183 girlsNMKansas: #68 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 276 girlsKSArkansas: #90 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 348 girlsARTennessee: #94 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 414 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #83 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 385 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #72 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 310 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cassidy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #90 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 374 girlsOKLouisiana: #97 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 433 girlsLAMississippi: #103 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 443 girlsMSAlabama: #89 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 407 girlsALGeorgia: #87 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 428 girlsGAHawaii: #87 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 288 girlsHITexas: #161 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 736 girlsTXFlorida: #109 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 486 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#46 · 1 in 145
  2. Maine#47 · 1 in 158
  3. Montana#48 · 1 in 155
  4. Idaho#48 · 1 in 185
  5. North Dakota#57 · 1 in 178

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#46211 in 145
Maine#47291 in 158
Idaho#48301 in 185
Montana#48191 in 155
North Dakota#57161 in 178
Kentucky#61761 in 260
Nebraska#65341 in 242
Utah#65561 in 278
Kansas#68451 in 276
Indiana#701061 in 309
West Virginia#71281 in 262
Iowa#72491 in 280
South Carolina#72521 in 310
Wyoming#7561 in 218
Colorado#77651 in 322
Nevada#81281 in 305
North Carolina#831041 in 385
Georgia#871001 in 428
Hawaii#87131 in 288
Alabama#89511 in 407
Michigan#891291 in 403
Arkansas#90331 in 348
Oklahoma#90451 in 374
Ohio#921551 in 399
Rhode Island#93141 in 299
Tennessee#94711 in 414
Wisconsin#94641 in 391
Washington#95711 in 403
Louisiana#97501 in 433
Virginia#98721 in 462
Missouri#100681 in 434
New Hampshire#101131 in 378
Oregon#102401 in 403
Mississippi#103261 in 443
Minnesota#108541 in 462
Florida#1091511 in 486
Pennsylvania#1101151 in 507
New Jersey#113761 in 549
New York#1191681 in 601
Massachusetts#120621 in 513
Delaware#12171 in 433
Illinois#1301191 in 588
Connecticut#133281 in 551
Maryland#136391 in 606
Arizona#144471 in 597
Texas#1611901 in 736
California#1682901 in 768
Alaska#16951 in 506
New Mexico#28571 in 1,183
District of Columbia———
Vermont———

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 1997

girls
#105
3,143 births · 1 in 554 girls
boys
#1,753
55 births · 1 in 34,275 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #105Cassidy3,143

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,753Cassidy55
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 554 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 99.4% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cassidy
  1. #102Makayla3,345
  2. #103Jamie3,241
  3. #104Leah3,203
  4. #105Cassidy3,143
  5. #106Alexa3,090
  6. #107Kaylee3,056
  7. #108Claire3,039
Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 34,275 of them was named Cassidy, which outranked 83.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cassidy
  1. #1,730Tavaris56
  2. #1,730Tzvi56
  3. #1,730Yash56
  4. #1,753Cassidy55
  5. #1,753Arik55
  6. #1,753Baily55
  7. #1,753Buddy55
  8. #1,773Basil54
  9. #1,773Darious54
  10. #1,773Dayquan54

Tied with 19 names at #1,753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →