Candis

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539

Peak · girls
1984 · 224 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,164
since 1889

Candis over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Candis has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #730, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021—
2020—
2019#15,5395
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#13,4837
2011#16,7645
2010#9,79011
2009#9,37912
2008#12,5798
2007#15,4916
2006#9,28612
2005#8,88312
2004#9,26411
2003#8,50512
2002#7,81613
2001#6,06718
2000#4,98123
1999#4,08828
1998#3,30137
1997#3,36534
1996#3,36134
1995#2,65046
1994#2,66146
1993#2,28956
1992#1,89474
1991#1,65690
1990#1,479105
1989#1,106151
1988#1,020159
1987#854200
1986#867191
1985#742233
1984#730224
1983#780205
1982#768214
1981#801201
1980#955155
1979#1,30196
1978#1,63365
1977#1,70161
1976#1,79452
1975#2,19638
1974#2,17237
1973#1,97941
1972#1,89044
1971#1,96643
1970#1,75551
1969#1,83545
1968#1,83442
1967#1,61749
1966#1,71543
1965#1,85438
1964#1,48258
1963#1,62349
1962#1,65147
1961#1,45459
1960#1,63747
1959#1,31566
1958#1,11290
1957#1,08393
1956#861134
1955#1,10282
1954#1,08682
1953#1,11276
1952#1,15667
1951#97092
1950#91694
1949#879100
1948#88596
1947#99279
1946#1,17953
1945#1,37434
1944#2,28715
1943#2,35215
1942#2,98610
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938—
1937#3,4347
1936#3,1038
1935—
1934#4,2865
1933—
1932#3,5687
1931#2,75010
1930#3,6587
1929#4,5705
1928#3,1649
1927#4,8055
1926—
1925#4,4266
1924—
1923#4,9675
1922—
1921#3,4009
1920#4,3986
1919#2,51513
1918#2,37614
1917#2,42813
1916#4,4175
1915#2,68810
1914#2,8767
1913#2,3318
1912—
1911#2,1916
1910#1,9357
1909#2,2085
1908#1,8626
1907#2,0615
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904—
1903—
1902#1,2199
1901—
1900—
1899#1,3946
1898#1,7005
1897—
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893#1,1757
1892—
1891#1,0937
1890#1,3385
1889#1,1476
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Candis! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Candis is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Candis
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
  • Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1980 (#1,301 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1957 (#861 → #1,083)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1984 at #730 (224 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1980–1987
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,386
  • Highest: 1 in 7,386 girls born in 1985 were named Candis (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #730 in 1984, was only 1 in 7,517 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Candis (1,933) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s30#1,093 (1891)#1,340
1900s35#1,219 (1902)#1,872
1910s83#1,935 (1910)#2,640
1920s45#3,164 (1928)#4,247
1930s44#2,750 (1931)#3,467
1940s402#879 (1949)#1,617
1950s876#861 (1956)#1,071
1960s477#1,454 (1961)#1,670
1970s528#1,301 (1979)#1,839
1980s1,933#730 (1984)#862
1990s550#1,479 (1990)#2,674
2000s127#4,981 (2000)#9,225
2010s28#9,790 (2010)#13,894

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.

Candis in 1889

girls
#1,147
6 births · 1 in 29,728 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #1,147Candis6
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 29,728 of them was named Candis, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candis
  1. #1,025Yetta7
  2. #1,025Zelia7
  3. #1,025Zelpha7
  4. #1,147Candis6
  5. #1,147Aida6
  6. #1,147Albena6
  7. #1,147Alene6
  8. #1,279Adelaida5
  9. #1,279Aileene5
  10. #1,279Ala5

Tied with 131 names at #1,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →