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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #527, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1987

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #1,286 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,516 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #981 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,594 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,160 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 11,951 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: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedVAMaryland: 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: #330 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsARTennessee: #496 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #609 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,323 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,596 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #496 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,584 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedMSAlabama: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsALGeorgia: #446 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,266 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Candi, so not publishedHITexas: #1,514 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 18,410 girlsTXFlorida: #1,244 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,884 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#330 · 1 in 2,043
  2. South Carolina#403 · 1 in 2,596
  3. Georgia#446 · 1 in 3,266
  4. Oklahoma#496 · 1 in 3,584
  5. Tennessee#496 · 1 in 4,031

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#33061 in 2,043
South Carolina#40371 in 2,596
Georgia#446121 in 3,266
Oklahoma#49651 in 3,584
Tennessee#49671 in 4,031
Alabama#54351 in 4,307
North Carolina#60971 in 5,323
Michigan#98151 in 11,594
California#1,160181 in 11,951
Florida#1,24451 in 13,884
Illinois#1,28651 in 14,516
Texas#1,51471 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 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 1987

girls
#1,075
142 births · 1 in 12,244 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,075Candi142
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 12,244 of them was named Candi, which outranked 91.9% 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).

Ranked beside Candi
  1. #1,070Jewel143
  2. #1,070Lindy143
  3. #1,070Violet143
  4. #1,075Candi142
  5. #1,075Darla142
  6. #1,075Kevin142
  7. #1,075Kimber142
  8. #1,081Amberly141
  9. #1,081Brittnie141
  10. #1,081Carlie141

Tied with 5 names at #1,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →