Given name & surname
Kassidy
“a curly-haired man”
Kassidy is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a curly-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a curly-haired man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Kassidy is used as a form of Cassidy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kassidy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,715
- 433 boys · 21,282 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 1,012 babies
- 2025
- 247
- #1,039 for girls · #10,193 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 240 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,039 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,007 in 2000. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (33). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,646 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kassidy’s family of names
Kassidy is a form of Cassidy. Kassidy has a related form in Kassidi. Kassidy has a related form in Kasidy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kassidivariant
- Kasideevariant
- Kasidivariant
- Kasidyvariant
- Kassideevariant
- Kassidievariant
- Kassideyvariant
- Kassidyelikely variant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kassidy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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