Candice

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #6,519
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 3,791 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
67,984
since 1925

Candice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #78, 1982girls
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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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2025#5,09925—
2024#4,77228—
2023#5,54922—
2022#5,17225—
2021#3,29748—
2020#3,01553—
2019#2,50870—
2018#2,43873—
2017#2,01897—
2016#1,622135—
2015#1,839112—
2014#1,634131—
2013#1,792114—
2012#1,719120—
2011#1,554141—
2010#1,574139—
2009#1,322182—
2008#1,057247—
2007#1,059247—
2006#1,024250—
2005#1,078220—
2004#1,078213—
2003#920258—
2002#923242—
2001#789299—
2000#714324—
1999#664345—
1998#593407—
1997#546431—
1996#417609—
1995#384688—
1994#292937—
1993#2521,102—
1992#1981,487—
1991#1731,745#6,5197
1990#1472,117#5,8238
1989#1342,260#3,44616
1988#1302,227#5,2008
1987#1212,291#5,4597
1986#1082,560#4,8538
1985#863,195#2,82817
1984#863,393#3,10714
1983#843,420#3,88410
1982#783,791#2,51819
1981#863,698#4,1539
1980#993,012#3,61511
1979#1282,227#4,0689
1978#1681,615#4,5547
1977#2031,273—
1976#2021,209—
1975#2201,125—
1974#274936—
1973#264946—
1972#2631,002—
1971#2601,129#4,9075
1970#2871,022—
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1944#1,36435—
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Candice! It came in at #4,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Candice is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNHWashington: #407 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,473 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,928 girlsMNIllinois: #329 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsILWisconsin: #289 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,645 girlsWIMichigan: #320 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,653 girlsMINew York: #398 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 5,301 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedRIOregon: #213 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,418 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedSDIowa: #312 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,496 girlsIAIndiana: #403 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,382 girlsINOhio: #263 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,562 girlsOHPennsylvania: #369 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,224 girlsPANew Jersey: #286 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,187 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #289 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,257 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedUTColorado: #308 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,543 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNEMissouri: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,336 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedTXFlorida: #462 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,873 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#213 · 1 in 1,418
  2. Ohio#263 · 1 in 2,562
  3. New Jersey#286 · 1 in 3,187
  4. California#289 · 1 in 2,257
  5. Wisconsin#289 · 1 in 3,645

Best ever in a state: #41 in Mississippi, 1981.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#21391 in 1,418
Ohio#263301 in 2,562
New Jersey#286131 in 3,187
California#289441 in 2,257
Wisconsin#28991 in 3,645
Colorado#30851 in 2,543
Iowa#31271 in 3,496
Michigan#320171 in 3,653
Illinois#329221 in 3,553
Pennsylvania#369191 in 5,224
New York#398251 in 5,301
Indiana#40371 in 5,382
Washington#40751 in 4,473
Minnesota#42351 in 5,928
Florida#46251 in 4,873
Missouri#50351 in 7,336
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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 Candice
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 327 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #5,099)
  • 2,084 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #5,099)
  • 3,260 spots since 2015 (#1,839 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1945 (#1,364 → #741)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2004 (#920 → #1,078)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1982 at #78 (3,791 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1980–1985
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1945–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 447
  • Highest: 1 in 447 girls born in 1982 were named Candice (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Candice (29,847) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,426 (1925)#4,426
1930s0——
1940s2,405#271 (1949)#762
1950s6,054#278 (1950)#360
1960s3,505#345 (1969)#570
1970s12,484#128 (1979)#227
1980s29,847#78 (1982)#101
1990s9,868#147 (1990)#367
2000s2,482#714 (2000)#996
2010s1,132#1,554 (2011)#1,870
2020s201#3,015 (2020)#4,484

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.

Candice in 1946

girls
#476
273 births · 1 in 5,756 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #476Candice273
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 5,756 of them was named Candice, which outranked 91.6% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candice
  1. #471Sybil277
  2. #474Merry276
  3. #475Karin275
  4. #476Candice273
  5. #476Amanda273
  6. #478Johanna272
  7. #479Rhoda271
  8. #480Madelyn270

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

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →