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
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 3,791 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 67,984since 1925
Candice over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,622 | 135 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,839 | 112 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,634 | 131 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,792 | 114 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,554 | 141 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,574 | 139 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,322 | 182 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,057 | 247 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,059 | 247 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,024 | 250 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,078 | 213 | — | |
| 2003 | #920 | 258 | — | |
| 2002 | #923 | 242 | — | |
| 2001 | #789 | 299 | — | |
| 2000 | #714 | 324 | — | |
| 1999 | #664 | 345 | — | |
| 1998 | #593 | 407 | — | |
| 1997 | #546 | 431 | — | |
| 1996 | #417 | 609 | — | |
| 1995 | #384 | 688 | — | |
| 1994 | #292 | 937 | — | |
| 1993 | #252 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1992 | #198 | 1,487 | — | |
| 1991 | #173 | 1,745 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #147 | 2,117 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #134 | 2,260 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #130 | 2,227 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #121 | 2,291 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #108 | 2,560 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #86 | 3,195 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #86 | 3,393 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #84 | 3,420 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #78 | 3,791 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #86 | 3,698 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #99 | 3,012 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #128 | 2,227 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #168 | 1,615 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #203 | 1,273 | — | |
| 1976 | #202 | 1,209 | — | |
| 1975 | #220 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1974 | #274 | 936 | — | |
| 1973 | #264 | 946 | — | |
| 1972 | #263 | 1,002 | — | |
| 1971 | #260 | 1,129 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #287 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1969 | #345 | 678 | — | |
| 1968 | #356 | 622 | — | |
| 1967 | #409 | 511 | — | |
| 1966 | #518 | 331 | — | |
| 1965 | #596 | 259 | — | |
| 1964 | #751 | 193 | — | |
| 1963 | #764 | 181 | — | |
| 1962 | #691 | 222 | — | |
| 1961 | #664 | 240 | — | |
| 1960 | #610 | 268 | — | |
| 1959 | #498 | 384 | — | |
| 1958 | #468 | 412 | — | |
| 1957 | #393 | 538 | — | |
| 1956 | #325 | 721 | — | |
| 1955 | #363 | 577 | — | |
| 1954 | #353 | 595 | — | |
| 1953 | #325 | 644 | — | |
| 1952 | #294 | 758 | — | |
| 1951 | #305 | 661 | — | |
| 1950 | #278 | 764 | — | |
| 1949 | #271 | 817 | — | |
| 1948 | #307 | 617 | — | |
| 1947 | #342 | 540 | — | |
| 1946 | #476 | 273 | — | |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
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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 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#44 · 1 in 163
- Mississippi#44 · 1 in 212
- Arkansas#45 · 1 in 206
- Tennessee#46 · 1 in 211
- Utah#52 · 1 in 270
Best ever in a state: #41 in Mississippi, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #44 | 35 | 1 in 163 |
| Mississippi | #44 | 72 | 1 in 212 |
| Arkansas | #45 | 63 | 1 in 206 |
| Tennessee | #46 | 131 | 1 in 211 |
| Utah | #52 | 57 | 1 in 270 |
| Georgia | #54 | 140 | 1 in 251 |
| Oklahoma | #55 | 83 | 1 in 263 |
| Maryland | #58 | 79 | 1 in 285 |
| North Carolina | #58 | 119 | 1 in 280 |
| Alabama | #60 | 77 | 1 in 283 |
| Virginia | #65 | 91 | 1 in 338 |
| South Carolina | #66 | 60 | 1 in 296 |
| New Mexico | #71 | 31 | 1 in 305 |
| Texas | #73 | 314 | 1 in 409 |
| Missouri | #77 | 77 | 1 in 415 |
| Indiana | #79 | 81 | 1 in 417 |
| Louisiana | #80 | 75 | 1 in 410 |
| Idaho | #81 | 18 | 1 in 354 |
| Michigan | #83 | 127 | 1 in 435 |
| Illinois | #84 | 164 | 1 in 444 |
| West Virginia | #85 | 27 | 1 in 396 |
| Florida | #86 | 132 | 1 in 446 |
| Colorado | #88 | 51 | 1 in 428 |
| Rhode Island | #92 | 11 | 1 in 431 |
| California | #93 | 391 | 1 in 480 |
| Arizona | #94 | 47 | 1 in 434 |
| Washington | #98 | 58 | 1 in 470 |
| Nevada | #99 | 11 | 1 in 409 |
| Alaska | #100 | 10 | 1 in 380 |
| New Jersey | #104 | 72 | 1 in 531 |
| Kansas | #107 | 31 | 1 in 501 |
| Pennsylvania | #108 | 116 | 1 in 586 |
| Kentucky | #109 | 41 | 1 in 549 |
| New York | #111 | 178 | 1 in 578 |
| Oregon | #111 | 31 | 1 in 515 |
| Hawaii | #112 | 12 | 1 in 448 |
| Ohio | #120 | 112 | 1 in 615 |
| Montana | #129 | 9 | 1 in 523 |
| Delaware | #130 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Wisconsin | #132 | 43 | 1 in 709 |
| Connecticut | #133 | 24 | 1 in 659 |
| Iowa | #134 | 27 | 1 in 681 |
| Wyoming | #146 | 5 | 1 in 608 |
| Nebraska | #184 | 11 | 1 in 938 |
| Massachusetts | #186 | 29 | 1 in 1,132 |
| New Hampshire | #189 | 5 | 1 in 1,051 |
| Maine | #207 | 5 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Minnesota | #209 | 21 | 1 in 1,332 |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1982 at #78 (3,791 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1980–1985
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1945–2003
- Highest: 1 in 447 girls born in 1982 were named Candice (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.9% of all girls named Candice (29,847) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,426 (1925) | #4,426 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 2,405 | #271 (1949) | #762 |
| 1950s | 6,054 | #278 (1950) | #360 |
| 1960s | 3,505 | #345 (1969) | #570 |
| 1970s | 12,484 | #128 (1979) | #227 |
| 1980s | 29,847 | #78 (1982) | #101 |
| 1990s | 9,868 | #147 (1990) | #367 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | #714 (2000) | #996 |
| 2010s | 1,132 | #1,554 (2011) | #1,870 |
| 2020s | 201 | #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 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 488 of them was named Candice, which outranked 99.3% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 179,256 of them was named Candice, which outranked 47.1% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,630Zacchaeus11
- #3,630Zeshan11
- #3,630Zubin11
- #3,884Candice10
- #3,884Abbas10
- #3,884Aditya10
- #3,884Adolphus10
- #4,141Acie9
- #4,141Ahron9
- #4,141Ainsley9
Tied with 256 names at #3,884; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.