Kassidy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAS-i-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,038 for girls
Kassidy is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,038th for girls in the US (240 babies).
What does Kassidy mean?
Irish: spelling of Cassidy; from the Irish surname Ó Caiside, perhaps meaning curly-haired
The Ó Caiside family were hereditary physicians to the Maguire chiefs of Fermanagh.
Meaning borrowed from Cassidy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kassidy a girl's or a boy's name?
Kassidy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 240 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Kassidy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kassidy, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kassidy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 girls in the UK were given Kassidy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #641, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Cassidy 54
- Kassidy 5
In 2017, 63% of the babies named Kassidy in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kassidy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Kassidy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,038th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 240 about 1 in 6,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 240 girls in the US were named Kassidy, making it the 1,038th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 651st. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,007 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 7 boys were also named Kassidy in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kassidy than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Kassidy in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 819 girls in the US were given Kassidy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #403, up from #1,038 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 75% of the babies named Kassidy in the US in 1982, and 97% in 2025.
Kassidy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 240 | #1,038 |
| 2024 | 265 | #978 |
| 2023 | 272 | #957 |
| 2022 | 340 | #822 |
| 2021 | 419 | #689 |
| 2020 | 443 | #651 |
| 2019 | 450 | #646 |
| 2018 | 508 | #600 |
| 2017 | 614 | #511 |
| 2016 | 621 | #504 |
| 2015 | 687 | #465 |
| 2014 | 732 | #437 |
| 2013 | 707 | #431 |
| 2012 | 668 | #467 |
| 2011 | 608 | #487 |
| 2010 | 670 | #461 |
| 2009 | 707 | #445 |
| 2008 | 645 | #489 |
| 2007 | 673 | #480 |
| 2006 | 694 | #454 |
| 2005 | 733 | #423 |
| 2004 | 757 | #402 |
| 2003 | 770 | #395 |
| 2002 | 889 | #339 |
| 2001 | 930 | #332 |
| 2000 | 1,007 | #314 |
| 1999 | 948 | #324 |
| 1998 | 784 | #366 |
| 1997 | 765 | #362 |
| 1996 | 586 | #435 |
| 1995 | 608 | #427 |
| 1994 | 460 | #534 |
| 1993 | 223 | #869 |
| 1992 | 132 | #1,287 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 107 | #1,394 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | 41 | #2,339 |
| 1983 | 46 | #2,134 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Nicknames for Kassidy
Names like Kassidy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Kiara, Caoimhe, Aoibheann, Teagan, Eden, Brianna, Kennedy, Raegan, Eireann, Bree, Aoife
Other spellings of Kassidy
Names related to Kassidy
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kassidy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kassidy, updated 20 October 2026.