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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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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—
1969#345678—
1968#356622—
1967#409511—
1966#518331—
1965#596259—
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1962#691222—
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1960#610268—
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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 1974

  • 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: #185 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 863 girlsNHWashington: #282 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,511 girlsWAIdaho: #148 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 522 girlsIDMontana: #154 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 580 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #314 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,380 girlsMNIllinois: #269 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,549 girlsILWisconsin: #239 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsWIMichigan: #272 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,584 girlsMINew York: #333 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 1,946 girlsNYMassachusetts: #234 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,456 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedRIOregon: #267 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,449 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: #288 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsIAIndiana: #256 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,518 girlsINOhio: #290 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,845 girlsOHPennsylvania: #310 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,966 girlsPANew Jersey: #476 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,419 girlsNJConnecticut: #250 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,424 girlsCTCalifornia: #292 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 1,535 girlsCAUtah: #144 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 586 girlsUTColorado: #158 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 712 girlsCONebraska: #189 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 856 girlsNEMissouri: #292 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsMOKentucky: #284 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,752 girlsKYWest Virginia: #254 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,396 girlsWVVirginia: #167 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 816 girlsVAMaryland: #174 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 843 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedDEArizona: #201 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 854 girlsAZNew Mexico: #339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,551 girlsNMKansas: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,338 girlsKSArkansas: #153 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 641 girlsARTennessee: #210 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,099 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #238 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,209 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #208 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 975 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #155 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 585 girlsDCOklahoma: #183 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 880 girlsOKLouisiana: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsLAMississippi: #223 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,004 girlsMSAlabama: #169 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 751 girlsALGeorgia: #270 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,500 girlsGAHawaii: #217 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 748 girlsHITexas: #317 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,767 girlsTXFlorida: #273 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,410 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#144 · 1 in 586
  2. Idaho#148 · 1 in 522
  3. Arkansas#153 · 1 in 641
  4. Montana#154 · 1 in 580
  5. District of Columbia#155 · 1 in 585

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#144201 in 586
Idaho#148101 in 522
Arkansas#153201 in 641
Montana#15471 in 580
District of Columbia#155101 in 585
Colorado#158221 in 712
Virginia#167341 in 816
Alabama#169301 in 751
Maryland#174221 in 843
Oklahoma#183181 in 880
New Hampshire#18551 in 863
Nebraska#189111 in 856
Arizona#201181 in 854
South Carolina#208181 in 975
Tennessee#210251 in 1,099
Hawaii#21761 in 748
Mississippi#223161 in 1,004
Massachusetts#234211 in 1,456
North Carolina#238281 in 1,209
Wisconsin#239181 in 1,526
Connecticut#250101 in 1,424
Kansas#25391 in 1,338
West Virginia#25481 in 1,396
Indiana#256231 in 1,518
Oregon#26791 in 1,449
Illinois#269451 in 1,549
Georgia#270221 in 1,500
Michigan#272361 in 1,584
Florida#273311 in 1,410
Washington#282131 in 1,511
Kentucky#284131 in 1,752
Iowa#28891 in 1,870
Ohio#290381 in 1,845
California#292891 in 1,535
Missouri#292171 in 1,745
Pennsylvania#310341 in 1,966
Minnesota#314101 in 2,380
Texas#317541 in 1,767
New York#333531 in 1,946
New Mexico#33951 in 1,551
Louisiana#344141 in 1,773
New Jersey#476111 in 3,419
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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 1974

girls
#274
936 births · 1 in 1,568 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #274Candice936
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 1,568 of them was named Candice, which outranked 97.3% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candice
  1. #270Peggy942
  2. #270Staci942
  3. #273Christi940
  4. #274Candice936
  5. #275Miranda934
  6. #276Judy927
  7. #277Tammie924
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →