Kassady
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAS-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
Kassady is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “curly-haired”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kassady mean?
Irish: spelling of Cassady, itself a variant of Cassidy, from the Irish surname Ó Caiside
“curly-haired”
Neal Cassady, the Beat Generation figure, inspired the character Dean Moriarty in Kerouac's On the Road.
Meaning borrowed from Cassady.
Is Kassady a girl's or a boy's name?
Kassady is a girls' name.
How popular is Kassady in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Kassady in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kassady in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Nicknames for Kassady
Names like Kassady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Kennedy, Teagan, Keely, Kerrigan, Keeley, Keegan, Mckenna, Keiry, Devyn, Kiara, Kenley
Names related to Kassady
Kassidy, Kassidi, Kassidee, Kasidy, Cassady, Kassadi, Kassidie
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kassady: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kassady, updated 20 October 2026.