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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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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1960#610268—
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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 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #135 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 531 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 999 girlsNHWashington: #158 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 824 girlsWAIdaho: #81 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 347 girlsIDMontana: #119 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 486 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #172 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 852 girlsNDMinnesota: #173 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsMNIllinois: #114 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 628 girlsILWisconsin: #158 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 989 girlsWIMichigan: #140 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 819 girlsMINew York: #143 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 786 girlsNYMassachusetts: #224 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,350 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedRIOregon: #168 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 853 girlsORNevada: #115 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 508 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedSDIowa: #222 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,329 girlsIAIndiana: #126 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 685 girlsINOhio: #116 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 653 girlsOHPennsylvania: #160 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 893 girlsPANew Jersey: #126 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 688 girlsNJConnecticut: #169 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 912 girlsCTCalifornia: #108 for girls · 354 births · 1 in 587 girlsCAUtah: #80 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 399 girlsUTColorado: #138 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 753 girlsCONebraska: #184 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 952 girlsNEMissouri: #97 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 515 girlsMOKentucky: #100 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 466 girlsKYWest Virginia: #108 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 556 girlsWVVirginia: #72 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 379 girlsVAMaryland: #78 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 402 girlsMDDelaware: #122 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 529 girlsDEArizona: #95 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 478 girlsAZNew Mexico: #90 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 431 girlsNMKansas: #154 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 805 girlsKSArkansas: #74 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 355 girlsARTennessee: #67 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 363 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #79 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 418 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #88 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 443 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #99 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 403 girlsDCOklahoma: #93 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 437 girlsOKLouisiana: #82 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 441 girlsLAMississippi: #63 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 306 girlsMSAlabama: #64 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 296 girlsALGeorgia: #71 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 369 girlsGAHawaii: #178 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 697 girlsHITexas: #98 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 551 girlsTXFlorida: #105 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 615 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#63 · 1 in 306
  2. Alabama#64 · 1 in 296
  3. Tennessee#67 · 1 in 363
  4. Georgia#71 · 1 in 369
  5. Virginia#72 · 1 in 379

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#63451 in 306
Alabama#64721 in 296
Tennessee#67761 in 363
Georgia#711021 in 369
Virginia#72891 in 379
Arkansas#74351 in 355
Maryland#78611 in 402
North Carolina#79851 in 418
Utah#80351 in 399
Idaho#81161 in 347
Louisiana#82641 in 441
South Carolina#88401 in 443
New Mexico#90221 in 431
Oklahoma#93431 in 437
Arizona#95491 in 478
Missouri#97611 in 515
Texas#982391 in 551
District of Columbia#99141 in 403
Kentucky#100451 in 466
Florida#1051081 in 615
California#1083541 in 587
West Virginia#108171 in 556
Illinois#1141131 in 628
Nevada#115101 in 508
Ohio#1161041 in 653
Montana#11981 in 486
Delaware#12261 in 529
Indiana#126481 in 685
New Jersey#126611 in 688
Alaska#13571 in 531
Colorado#138291 in 753
Michigan#140691 in 819
New York#1431381 in 786
Kansas#154181 in 805
Washington#158331 in 824
Wisconsin#158301 in 989
Pennsylvania#160771 in 893
Oregon#168181 in 853
Connecticut#169191 in 912
North Dakota#17251 in 852
Minnesota#173251 in 1,107
New Hampshire#17361 in 999
Hawaii#17871 in 697
Nebraska#184101 in 952
Iowa#222121 in 1,329
Massachusetts#224261 in 1,350
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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 1986

girls
#108
2,560 births · 1 in 670 girls
boys
#4,853
8 births · 1 in 230,189 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #108Candice2,560

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #4,853Candice8
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 670 of them was named Candice, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candice
  1. #105Nichole2,652
  2. #106Sandra2,639
  3. #107Jillian2,587
  4. #108Candice2,560
  5. #109Carrie2,558
  6. #110Molly2,548
  7. #111Latoya2,537
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 230,189 of them was named Candice, which outranked 38.0% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candice
  1. #4,457Zedrick9
  2. #4,457Zephaniah9
  3. #4,457Ziyad9
  4. #4,853Candice8
  5. #4,853Abdel8
  6. #4,853Abelino8
  7. #4,853Abimael8
  8. #5,332Aaren7
  9. #5,332Abdurrahman7
  10. #5,332Abed7

Tied with 478 names at #4,853; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →