Candace
#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 2,668 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,938since 1882
Candace over time
Rank among girls' names. Candace has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,047 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,639 | 66 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,677 | 64 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,972 | 101 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,103 | 92 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,728 | 121 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,977 | 99 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,940 | 101 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,554 | 141 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,246 | 198 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,180 | 217 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,037 | 254 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,026 | 249 | — | |
| 2005 | #925 | 269 | — | |
| 2004 | #816 | 307 | — | |
| 2003 | #745 | 341 | — | |
| 2002 | #739 | 330 | — | |
| 2001 | #719 | 339 | — | |
| 2000 | #600 | 421 | — | |
| 1999 | #542 | 465 | — | |
| 1998 | #480 | 535 | — | |
| 1997 | #417 | 625 | — | |
| 1996 | #362 | 760 | — | |
| 1995 | #288 | 967 | — | |
| 1994 | #254 | 1,100 | — | |
| 1993 | #215 | 1,309 | — | |
| 1992 | #186 | 1,661 | — | |
| 1991 | #153 | 1,936 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #142 | 2,162 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #133 | 2,270 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #117 | 2,421 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #120 | 2,329 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #114 | 2,459 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #104 | 2,707 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #102 | 2,668 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #104 | 2,698 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #103 | 2,848 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #118 | 2,581 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #134 | 2,187 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #173 | 1,594 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #196 | 1,326 | — | |
| 1977 | #217 | 1,140 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #200 | 1,211 | — | |
| 1975 | #221 | 1,123 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #223 | 1,155 | — | |
| 1973 | #223 | 1,132 | — | |
| 1972 | #223 | 1,254 | — | |
| 1971 | #226 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1970 | #220 | 1,427 | — | |
| 1969 | #234 | 1,298 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #237 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1967 | #250 | 1,118 | — | |
| 1966 | #239 | 1,220 | — | |
| 1965 | #279 | 969 | — | |
| 1964 | #327 | 837 | — | |
| 1963 | #318 | 863 | — | |
| 1962 | #329 | 803 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #349 | 742 | — | |
| 1960 | #325 | 843 | — | |
| 1959 | #304 | 907 | — | |
| 1958 | #317 | 846 | — | |
| 1957 | #252 | 1,156 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #216 | 1,404 | — | |
| 1955 | #214 | 1,413 | — | |
| 1954 | #198 | 1,555 | — | |
| 1953 | #180 | 1,753 | — | |
| 1952 | #171 | 1,835 | — | |
| 1951 | #173 | 1,734 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #172 | 1,648 | — | |
| 1949 | #174 | 1,589 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #190 | 1,446 | — | |
| 1947 | #204 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1946 | #227 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1945 | #274 | 632 | — | |
| 1944 | #410 | 307 | — | |
| 1943 | #484 | 233 | — | |
| 1942 | #658 | 129 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,474 | 26 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,264 | 16 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #851 | 7 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Candace! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Candace is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#66 · 1 in 307
- Oklahoma#67 · 1 in 322
- Wyoming#71 · 1 in 292
- Alabama#71 · 1 in 303
- Tennessee#72 · 1 in 338
Best ever in a state: #35 in Mississippi, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #66 | 115 | 1 in 307 |
| Oklahoma | #67 | 60 | 1 in 322 |
| Alabama | #71 | 76 | 1 in 303 |
| Wyoming | #71 | 11 | 1 in 292 |
| Tennessee | #72 | 84 | 1 in 338 |
| Arkansas | #73 | 42 | 1 in 322 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 51 | 1 in 322 |
| Louisiana | #82 | 82 | 1 in 375 |
| North Carolina | #91 | 76 | 1 in 438 |
| Hawaii | #98 | 13 | 1 in 387 |
| Rhode Island | #99 | 11 | 1 in 413 |
| New Mexico | #101 | 22 | 1 in 424 |
| Kansas | #102 | 33 | 1 in 458 |
| Kentucky | #105 | 50 | 1 in 497 |
| Utah | #105 | 34 | 1 in 484 |
| Virginia | #109 | 56 | 1 in 532 |
| Delaware | #113 | 7 | 1 in 437 |
| Alaska | #114 | 7 | 1 in 405 |
| Idaho | #126 | 13 | 1 in 530 |
| Maryland | #127 | 34 | 1 in 594 |
| Washington | #128 | 43 | 1 in 624 |
| West Virginia | #130 | 20 | 1 in 599 |
| District of Columbia | #131 | 11 | 1 in 511 |
| South Carolina | #132 | 32 | 1 in 559 |
| Ohio | #135 | 109 | 1 in 673 |
| Missouri | #137 | 47 | 1 in 711 |
| Texas | #137 | 178 | 1 in 673 |
| Indiana | #138 | 53 | 1 in 698 |
| Connecticut | #147 | 21 | 1 in 709 |
| Florida | #149 | 65 | 1 in 794 |
| New Hampshire | #151 | 7 | 1 in 756 |
| Colorado | #158 | 27 | 1 in 729 |
| Iowa | #159 | 23 | 1 in 873 |
| Arizona | #161 | 26 | 1 in 741 |
| Oregon | #161 | 21 | 1 in 824 |
| Nevada | #164 | 6 | 1 in 695 |
| Wisconsin | #164 | 32 | 1 in 984 |
| Pennsylvania | #166 | 77 | 1 in 896 |
| Massachusetts | #175 | 33 | 1 in 947 |
| Michigan | #175 | 60 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Maine | #176 | 7 | 1 in 866 |
| Nebraska | #178 | 12 | 1 in 897 |
| Minnesota | #180 | 28 | 1 in 1,041 |
| California | #187 | 177 | 1 in 981 |
| Illinois | #187 | 73 | 1 in 1,059 |
| North Dakota | #195 | 5 | 1 in 944 |
| New Jersey | #199 | 34 | 1 in 1,094 |
| South Dakota | #202 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Montana | #220 | 5 | 1 in 937 |
| New York | #244 | 73 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Candace
- 472 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,167)
- 667 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #3,167)
- 1,064 spots since 2015 (#2,103 → #3,167)
- Biggest jump: 760 spots in 1942 (#1,418 → #658)
- Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1895 (#850 → #1,426)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1984 at #102 (2,668 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1942–2005
- Highest: 1 in 595 girls born in 1982 were named Candace (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #102 in 1984, was only 1 in 631 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.6% of all girls named Candace (25,168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #678 (1882) | #925 |
| 1890s | 36 | #850 (1894) | #1,293 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,319 (1900) | #1,588 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,620 (1912) | #2,412 |
| 1920s | 135 | #2,011 (1929) | #2,617 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,474 (1939) | #2,396 |
| 1940s | 6,715 | #174 (1949) | #539 |
| 1950s | 14,251 | #171 (1952) | #220 |
| 1960s | 9,872 | #234 (1969) | #289 |
| 1970s | 12,670 | #173 (1979) | #212 |
| 1980s | 25,168 | #102 (1984) | #115 |
| 1990s | 11,520 | #142 (1990) | #304 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | #600 (2000) | #903 |
| 2010s | 989 | #1,554 (2011) | #2,071 |
| 2020s | 345 | #2,500 (2020) | #2,944 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Candace in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 759 of them was named Candace, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 162,177 of them was named Candace, which outranked 50.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,430Zackariah12
- #3,430Zaid12
- #3,430Ziad12
- #3,615Candace11
- #3,615Abigail11
- #3,615Abu11
- #3,615Adel11
- #3,838Ahron10
- #3,838Akash10
- #3,838Akbar10
Tied with 222 names at #3,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.