Candida
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 222 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,580since 1900
Candida over time
Rank among girls' names. Candida has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 |
| 1993 | #3,422 | 32 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 |
| 1991 | #3,633 | 29 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 |
| 1983 | #2,069 | 48 |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 |
| 1981 | #1,445 | 84 |
| 1980 | #1,310 | 97 |
| 1979 | #1,364 | 90 |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 |
| 1977 | #1,199 | 102 |
| 1976 | #885 | 149 |
| 1975 | #833 | 161 |
| 1974 | #908 | 139 |
| 1973 | #801 | 163 |
| 1972 | #798 | 170 |
| 1971 | #686 | 222 |
| 1970 | #1,196 | 95 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Candida! It came in at #1,561, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Candida is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#1,098 · 1 in 24,232
Best ever in a state: #294 in West Virginia, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,098 | 7 | 1 in 24,232 |
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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 Candida
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
- Biggest jump: 510 spots in 1971 (#1,196 → #686)
- Biggest drop: 314 spots in 1977 (#885 → #1,199)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1971 at #686 (222 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1971–1976
- Highest: 1 in 7,495 girls born in 1971 were named Candida (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
- 38.9% of all girls named Candida (1,392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 55 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,625 |
| 1910s | 105 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,193 |
| 1920s | 186 | #1,679 (1924) | #2,226 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,607 (1930) | #2,441 |
| 1940s | 190 | #1,576 (1947) | #2,279 |
| 1950s | 320 | #1,560 (1954) | #1,849 |
| 1960s | 274 | #1,921 (1967) | #2,357 |
| 1970s | 1,392 | #686 (1971) | #990 |
| 1980s | 550 | #1,310 (1980) | #2,125 |
| 1990s | 254 | #2,777 (1992) | #4,668 |
| 2000s | 95 | #6,808 (2000) | #10,237 |
| 2010s | 30 | #13,069 (2014) | #14,707 |
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.
Candida in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 71,844 of them was named Candida, which outranked 69.9% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,073Twilla29
- #2,073Veta29
- #2,073Zita29
- #2,117Candida28
- #2,117Adella28
- #2,117Bethel28
- #2,117Cherly28
- #2,167Arla27
- #2,167Berniece27
- #2,167Cherilyn27
Tied with 49 names at #2,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.