Candi
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,356since 1944
Candi over time
Rank among girls' names. Candi has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,322 | 55 |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 1991 | #1,857 | 76 |
| 1990 | #1,701 | 86 |
| 1989 | #1,244 | 127 |
| 1988 | #1,085 | 145 |
| 1987 | #1,075 | 142 |
| 1986 | #909 | 177 |
| 1985 | #898 | 177 |
| 1984 | #690 | 243 |
| 1983 | #706 | 241 |
| 1982 | #629 | 286 |
| 1981 | #596 | 308 |
| 1980 | #527 | 360 |
| 1979 | #692 | 245 |
| 1978 | #910 | 156 |
| 1977 | #764 | 197 |
| 1976 | #772 | 186 |
| 1975 | #793 | 176 |
| 1974 | #775 | 178 |
| 1973 | #716 | 203 |
| 1972 | #631 | 244 |
| 1971 | #636 | 261 |
| 1970 | #655 | 248 |
| 1969 | #694 | 205 |
| 1968 | #708 | 189 |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 |
| 1966 | #841 | 141 |
| 1965 | #822 | 146 |
| 1964 | #890 | 136 |
| 1963 | #737 | 194 |
| 1962 | #952 | 124 |
| 1961 | #922 | 135 |
| 1960 | #854 | 147 |
| 1959 | #936 | 125 |
| 1958 | #877 | 135 |
| 1957 | #918 | 124 |
| 1956 | #1,051 | 95 |
| 1955 | #1,292 | 61 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,141 | 62 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#372 · 1 in 3,098
- Arkansas#398 · 1 in 2,516
- Oregon#454 · 1 in 3,089
- Kentucky#511 · 1 in 4,778
- North Carolina#553 · 1 in 4,624
Best ever in a state: #187 in Arkansas, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,098 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Oregon | #454 | 5 | 1 in 3,089 |
| Kentucky | #511 | 5 | 1 in 4,778 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 7 | 1 in 4,624 |
| Indiana | #591 | 6 | 1 in 5,799 |
| Georgia | #602 | 7 | 1 in 4,607 |
| Texas | #751 | 17 | 1 in 6,082 |
| Ohio | #874 | 6 | 1 in 11,492 |
| Michigan | #971 | 5 | 1 in 11,510 |
| Illinois | #983 | 7 | 1 in 10,129 |
| New York | #1,278 | 7 | 1 in 14,047 |
| California | #1,356 | 10 | 1 in 15,333 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1979 (#910 → #692)
- Biggest drop: 208 spots in 1985 (#690 → #898)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1980 at #527 (360 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1957–1986
- 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%)
- 30.0% of all girls named Candi (2,206) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 193 | #1,141 (1947) | #1,920 |
| 1950s | 736 | #877 (1958) | #1,293 |
| 1960s | 1,562 | #694 (1969) | #825 |
| 1970s | 2,094 | #631 (1972) | #734 |
| 1980s | 2,206 | #527 (1980) | #836 |
| 1990s | 380 | #1,701 (1990) | #4,249 |
| 2000s | 142 | #4,791 (2000) | #8,559 |
| 2010s | 31 | #12,153 (2011) | #14,621 |
| 2020s | 12 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 9,820 of them was named Candi, which outranked 92.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).