Candi

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306

Peak · girls
1980 · 360 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,356
since 1944

Candi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Candi has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #527, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2022#15,3065
2021—
2020#12,1427
2019—
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2016—
2015#14,4826
2014—
2013#16,5475
2012#14,9626
2011#12,1538
2010#14,9596
2009#8,05815
2008#10,08411
2007#7,09218
2006#8,71513
2005#13,0107
2004#9,89210
2003#11,3258
2002#7,44414
2001#5,17422
2000#4,79124
1999#8,80510
1998#5,79917
1997#6,84413
1996#5,28018
1995#3,96926
1994#2,93540
1993#2,32255
1992#2,97439
1991#1,85776
1990#1,70186
1989#1,244127
1988#1,085145
1987#1,075142
1986#909177
1985#898177
1984#690243
1983#706241
1982#629286
1981#596308
1980#527360
1979#692245
1978#910156
1977#764197
1976#772186
1975#793176
1974#775178
1973#716203
1972#631244
1971#636261
1970#655248
1969#694205
1968#708189
1967#833145
1966#841141
1965#822146
1964#890136
1963#737194
1962#952124
1961#922135
1960#854147
1959#936125
1958#877135
1957#918124
1956#1,05195
1955#1,29261
1954#1,34455
1953#1,58638
1952#1,50541
1951#1,70132
1950#1,72030
1949#1,62733
1948#1,38644
1947#1,14162
1946#1,61730
1945#2,06017
1944#3,6877
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Candi! It came in at #3,687, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Candi is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNHWashington: #396 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,142 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMNIllinois: #708 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,762 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #716 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,615 girlsMINew York: #1,175 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 27,950 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedRIOregon: #353 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,695 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedSDIowa: #456 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,629 girlsIAIndiana: #611 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,396 girlsINOhio: #702 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,687 girlsOHPennsylvania: #925 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,337 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #514 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 4,796 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #553 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,459 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsWVVirginia: #537 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,634 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#353 · 1 in 2,695
  2. West Virginia#386 · 1 in 3,479
  3. Washington#396 · 1 in 3,142
  4. Iowa#456 · 1 in 5,629
  5. California#514 · 1 in 4,796

Best ever in a state: #187 in Arkansas, 1980.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#35361 in 2,695
West Virginia#38651 in 3,479
Washington#39691 in 3,142
Iowa#45651 in 5,629
California#514361 in 4,796
Virginia#53761 in 6,634
Missouri#55361 in 7,459
Indiana#61161 in 8,396
Ohio#70291 in 11,687
Illinois#708101 in 10,762
Michigan#71671 in 12,615
Pennsylvania#92551 in 22,337
New York#1,17561 in 27,950
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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 Candi
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1979 (#910 → #692)
  • Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1985 (#690 → #898)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1980 at #527 (360 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1957–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,612
  • Highest: 1 in 4,612 girls born in 1980 were named Candi (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.0% of all girls named Candi (2,206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s193#1,141 (1947)#1,920
1950s736#877 (1958)#1,293
1960s1,562#694 (1969)#825
1970s2,094#631 (1972)#734
1980s2,206#527 (1980)#836
1990s380#1,701 (1990)#4,249
2000s142#4,791 (2000)#8,559
2010s31#12,153 (2011)#14,621
2020s12#12,142 (2020)#13,724

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.

Candi in 1960

girls
#854
147 births · 1 in 13,755 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #854Candi147
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 13,755 of them was named Candi, which outranked 88.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candi
  1. #851Ina149
  2. #851Melva149
  3. #851Willa149
  4. #854Candi147
  5. #854Angelita147
  6. #854Mandy147
  7. #854Roxie147
  8. #858Cristina146
  9. #859Bette145
  10. #859Georgina145

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →