Unisex name · since 1977
Cassady
1,085 babies named Cassady in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cassady is the #15384 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 1,085 recorded since 1977.
Cassady has 1,085 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15384 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #7,096 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,384 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,085 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cassady ranks #7,096 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,384 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,085 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,096 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cassady's 1,085 recorded births place it above 90.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Cassady compares
1,085 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cassady's all-time total is 189% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cassady | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cassady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cassady's full recorded timeline at 1999, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cassady popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Cassady popularity over time - boys
87 total births recorded since 1981 (Cassady as boys' name)
Cassady by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (446 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Cassady's strongest decade.
446 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Cassady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 126
1980s
126 births
- 1990s
1990s
446 births
- 2000s
2000s
359 births
- 2010s 121
2010s
121 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 446 births (41% of all-time use).
How Cassady compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cassady's total volume
Cassady by state
Where Cassady concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 58 | 5.3% |
| #2 | California | | 24 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.5% |
58 of 1,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Cassady appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cassady's data
- Cassady's decade-level peak was the 1990s (446 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Cassadys (58 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cassady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cassady draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.