Fun Facts About the Name Jassidy
- 36 babies named Jassidy: U.S. records list 36 babies given the name Jassidy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jassidy Mean?
Jassidy is a modern English respelling of Cassidy, an Irish surname-derived name usually explained as "curly-haired." Cassidy comes from Irish Ó Caiside, "descendant of Caiside"; the personal name Caiside is based on Irish cas, "curly." Literally the surname means "descendant of the curly-haired one," while the given name is commonly glossed more simply as "curly-haired." Jassidy keeps the Cassidy root but replaces the initial C with J; it has no separate word origin of its own.
Jassidy Name History & Origins
The Cassidy surname belongs to Gaelic Ireland: Ó Caiside was the name of a family in County Fermanagh, remembered as hereditary physicians to the Maguire lords. The surname was anglicized as Cassidy. Cassidy later entered English-language given-name use, especially as a girl's name, without changing its Irish root. Jassidy is the same name with a J- spelling; the initial change is an English orthographic variation rather than an Irish development, and its history is the history of the Cassidy spelling rather than a separate Irish lineage.
How Popular is the Name Jassidy?
Jassidy has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #15,918 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,918 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #16,254 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #16,948 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #17,990 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #16,061 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #18,818 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #17,240 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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