Given name & surname
Kidd
“resembling a young goat”
Kidd is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a young goat.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a young goat.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kidd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67
- 67 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,061 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,061 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020; 32,068 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kidd’s family of names
Kidd has a related form in Kid. Kidd has a related form in Kyd. Kidd has a related form in Kyda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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