Candance
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #11,599
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,294since 1945
Candance over time
Rank among girls' names. Candance has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 |
| 1986 | #1,638 | 72 |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 |
| 1984 | #1,788 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 |
| 1980 | #1,657 | 69 |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 |
| 1978 | #1,938 | 50 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,840 | 50 |
| 1975 | #2,136 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 |
| 1967 | #1,905 | 38 |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Candance! It came in at #3,132, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Candance is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,133 · 1 in 12,097
- Texas#1,514 · 1 in 18,410
Best ever in a state: #284 in Mississippi, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| Texas | #1,514 | 7 | 1 in 18,410 |
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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 Candance
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1970 at #1,330 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,936 girls born in 1981 were named Candance (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 210,104 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,330 in 1970, was only 1 in 22,128 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.8% of all girls named Candance (729) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 103 | #1,697 (1949) | #2,228 |
| 1950s | 245 | #1,783 (1953) | #2,182 |
| 1960s | 329 | #1,646 (1966) | #2,200 |
| 1970s | 539 | #1,330 (1970) | #1,815 |
| 1980s | 729 | #1,340 (1981) | #1,649 |
| 1990s | 281 | #2,345 (1990) | #4,632 |
| 2000s | 68 | #9,892 (2004) | #12,627 |
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.
Candance in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
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1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 28,977 of them was named Candance, which outranked 85.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,880Sage61
- #1,880Shamara61
- #1,880Sharhonda61
- #1,899Candance60
- #1,899Ashanti60
- #1,899Bryana60
- #1,899Cyrstal60
- #1,918Annamaria59
- #1,918Ayanna59
- #1,918Bessie59
Tied with 18 names at #1,899; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.