Cassidy

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since 1880

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A surnameâ€‹ of Irish origin derived from Ã“ Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside". Caiside is a first name meaning "curly haired" from Gaelic cas.
A female given name of modern American usage, derived from the surname.
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Cassidy Freeman

Cassidy Freeman is an actress, singer, and pianist. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2006 to present. Cassidy was born on April 22nd, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Cassidy

Cassidy is a hip hop music rapping, actor, and songwriter. He was most prominent from 2002 to 2002. Cassidy was given the name Barry Adrian Reese on July 7th, 1982.

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Cassidy Gifford

Cassidy Gifford is an actress. Her ongoing career started in 2005. Cassidy was given the name Cassidy Erin Gifford by her parents Frank Gifford and Kathie Lee Gifford on August 2nd, 1993 in New York City, New York, United States.

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Cassidy Hubbarth

Cassidy Hubbarth is an espn anchor and host. Cassidy was born on September 19th, 1984 in Chicago.

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Cassidy Wolf

She holds the title Miss California Teen USA 2013, Miss Teen USA 2013, and Miss California Teen USA. Cassidy was given the name Cassidy Marie Wolf on July 5th, 1994 in Temecula, California.

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DJ Cassidy

DJ Cassidy is a disc jockey, record producer, and master of ceremonies. He has had major accomplishments since 1990. DJ was given the name Cassidy Durango Milton Willy Podell in 1981 in New York City.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Cassidy

David Cassidy

David Cassidy is an actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. He has had major accomplishments since 1956. David was given the name David Bruce Cassidy by his parents Jack Cassidy and Evelyn Ward on April 12th, 1950 in New York, New York, U.S.

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Katie Cassidy

Katie Cassidy is an actress. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2003 to present. Katie was given the name Katherine Evelyn Anita Cassidy by her parent David Cassidy on November 25th, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Shaun Cassidy

Shaun Cassidy is a pop rock screenwriter, actor, singing, and television producer. He plays Guitar, Piano, and Vocals. He has been prominent since 1976. Shaun was given the name Shaun Paul Cassidy on September 27th, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Jack Cassidy

Jack Cassidy was a singer and actor. His most notable accomplishments were from 1946 to 1976. Jack was given the name John Joseph Edward Cassidy on March 5th, 1927 in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, U.S. He breathed his last breath on December 12th, 1976.

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Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy is a farm hand, cowboy, thief, bank robber, train robber, criminal gang leader, bank robbery, and train robbery. Butch is also known as Butch Cassidy, Mike Cassidy, George Cassidy, Jim Lowe, and Santiago Maxwell.

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Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy was a soul music, pop music, jazz, blues, folk music, and gospel music singer, guitarist, recording artist, performer, landscaper, music artist (occupation), and landscaping. She holds the title Stormy Monday". She was most prominent from 1981 to 1996. Eva was given the name Eva Marie Cassidy on February 2nd, 1963 in Washington, D.C., U.S. She left this life on November 2nd, 1996.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1968	5	0	5
1969	10	5	5
1970	25	12	13
1971	43	17	26
1972	54	32	22
1973	53	28	25
1974	78	36	42
1975	86	54	32
1976	114	62	52
1977	125	72	53
1978	147	102	45
1979	149	108	41
1980	195	131	64
1981	218	158	60
1982	286	218	68
1983	521	358	163
1984	575	406	169
1985	567	416	151
1986	472	371	101
1987	516	396	120
1988	521	405	116
1989	606	482	124
1990	646	521	125
1991	712	610	102
1992	844	725	119
1993	1,138	1,029	109
1994	2,420	2,306	114
1995	3,129	3,042	87
1996	2,922	2,844	78
1997	3,197	3,142	55
1998	3,102	3,045	57
1999	3,449	3,395	54	#99 girl name
2000	3,205	3,163	42
2001	3,068	3,029	39
2002	2,667	2,633	34
2003	2,258	2,234	24
2004	2,066	2,007	59
2005	1,873	1,833	40
2006	1,839	1,770	69
2007	1,707	1,654	53
2008	1,554	1,488	66
2009	1,411	1,356	55
2010	1,337	1,286	51
2011	1,174	1,124	50
2012	1,185	1,135	50
2013	1,327	1,272	55
2014	1,352	1,307	45
2015	1,274	1,233	41
2016	1,177	1,119	58
2017	1,064	995	69

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Cassidy	U.S.
█	White	92.64%	64.26%
█	African American	2.22%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.69%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.39%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.41%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	2.66%	16.26%

Of Last Name Cassidy

People with the last name Cassidy are most frequently White

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#78 Unique Girl Names

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How Popular is the name Cassidy? Cassidy is the 905^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Cassidy was the 1,325^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Cassidy have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 58,463 babies born with the first name Cassidy in the United States. That's more than enough people named Cassidy to occupy the territory of Greenland (Denmark) with an estimated population of 56,749 (as of January 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Cassidy? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1968 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
When was Cassidy first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Cassidy is Monday, July 4th, 1887.
What year had the most people named Cassidy born? The highest recorded use of the first name Cassidy was in 1999 with a total of 3,395 babies. That's a lot of babies named Cassidy!
Random Cassidy Factoid: According to the 1999 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Cassidy ranks 92^nd in popularity as a baby girl's name in Colorado. Imagine that, 58 babies in Colorado have the same name as you in 1999.
Weird things about the name Cassidy: Your name in reverse order is Ydissac. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ycissda. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Cassidy? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 26,590 people with the last name Cassidy.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Cassidy? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 9 of them will have Cassidy as their last name.