Candis
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 224 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,164since 1889
Candis over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Candis has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,650 | 46 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 1993 | #2,289 | 56 |
| 1992 | #1,894 | 74 |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 |
| 1989 | #1,106 | 151 |
| 1988 | #1,020 | 159 |
| 1987 | #854 | 200 |
| 1986 | #867 | 191 |
| 1985 | #742 | 233 |
| 1984 | #730 | 224 |
| 1983 | #780 | 205 |
| 1982 | #768 | 214 |
| 1981 | #801 | 201 |
| 1980 | #955 | 155 |
| 1979 | #1,301 | 96 |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 |
| 1972 | #1,890 | 44 |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 |
| 1964 | #1,482 | 58 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,315 | 66 |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 |
| 1957 | #1,083 | 93 |
| 1956 | #861 | 134 |
| 1955 | #1,102 | 82 |
| 1954 | #1,086 | 82 |
| 1953 | #1,112 | 76 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 |
| 1951 | #970 | 92 |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 |
| 1948 | #885 | 96 |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#224 · 1 in 1,134
- Maryland#322 · 1 in 2,192
- Tennessee#346 · 1 in 2,525
- North Carolina#435 · 1 in 3,232
- Kentucky#457 · 1 in 4,250
Best ever in a state: #224 in Mississippi, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #224 | 13 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Maryland | #322 | 11 | 1 in 2,192 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 11 | 1 in 2,525 |
| North Carolina | #435 | 11 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Kentucky | #457 | 5 | 1 in 4,250 |
| Georgia | #466 | 11 | 1 in 3,372 |
| Louisiana | #495 | 9 | 1 in 3,342 |
| Michigan | #526 | 12 | 1 in 4,772 |
| Missouri | #631 | 5 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Ohio | #641 | 10 | 1 in 6,909 |
| Illinois | #655 | 13 | 1 in 5,615 |
| Virginia | #681 | 5 | 1 in 6,590 |
| Texas | #720 | 22 | 1 in 6,061 |
| Pennsylvania | #756 | 8 | 1 in 8,643 |
| California | #801 | 28 | 1 in 7,223 |
| Florida | #847 | 8 | 1 in 8,157 |
| New York | #1,361 | 7 | 1 in 15,270 |
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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 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,147 (1889) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 30 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,340 |
| 1900s | 35 | #1,219 (1902) | #1,872 |
| 1910s | 83 | #1,935 (1910) | #2,640 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,164 (1928) | #4,247 |
| 1930s | 44 | #2,750 (1931) | #3,467 |
| 1940s | 402 | #879 (1949) | #1,617 |
| 1950s | 876 | #861 (1956) | #1,071 |
| 1960s | 477 | #1,454 (1961) | #1,670 |
| 1970s | 528 | #1,301 (1979) | #1,839 |
| 1980s | 1,933 | #730 (1984) | #862 |
| 1990s | 550 | #1,479 (1990) | #2,674 |
| 2000s | 127 | #4,981 (2000) | #9,225 |
| 2010s | 28 | #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 1985
girls
#742
233 births · 1 in 7,386 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,386 of them was named Candis, which outranked 94.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).