Kandace

Peak · girls
1988 · 279 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,323
since 1945

Kandace over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kandace has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #691, 1988girls
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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#11,9327
2024#13,4776
2023#6,40918
2022#7,63114
2021#8,02413
2020#6,32518
2019#5,98620
2018#6,52118
2017#6,28719
2016#5,79622
2015#5,83322
2014#4,26934
2013#5,31725
2012#3,71142
2011#4,68130
2010#3,74541
2009#3,29850
2008#3,26751
2007#3,09656
2006#2,66967
2005#2,48270
2004#2,39671
2003#2,43967
2002#2,41466
2001#2,30469
2000#2,07679
1999#2,07374
1998#1,84583
1997#1,496109
1996#1,519105
1995#1,229139
1994#1,105162
1993#889217
1992#949203
1991#839240
1990#754275
1989#759257
1988#691279
1987#741244
1986#891184
1985#858187
1984#798199
1983#918162
1982#1,010146
1981#955153
1980#1,009144
1979#1,47181
1978#1,51174
1977#1,59667
1976#1,61961
1975#1,60461
1974#1,53263
1973#1,52761
1972#1,41469
1971#1,38976
1970#1,40774
1969#1,38569
1968#1,53955
1967#1,50655
1966#1,20180
1965#1,82939
1964#1,66648
1963#1,64948
1962#1,70844
1961#1,87238
1960#1,78940
1959#2,05430
1958#1,79137
1957#1,55048
1956#1,37857
1955#1,34756
1954#1,83632
1953#1,42447
1952#1,71333
1951#1,52838
1950#1,60234
1949#1,43741
1948#1,52037
1947#1,79029
1946#1,58331
1945#2,45813
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Kandace! It came in at #2,458, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Kandace is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kandace in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kandace
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,545 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #11,932)
  • 5,607 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 150 spots in 1987
  • Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1994
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1988 at #691 (279 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1983–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,383
  • Highest: 1 in 6,383 girls born in 1988 were named Kandace (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Kandace (1,955) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s151#1,437 (1949)#1,758
1950s412#1,347 (1955)#1,622
1960s516#1,201 (1966)#1,614
1970s687#1,389 (1971)#1,507
1980s1,955#691 (1988)#863
1990s1,607#754 (1990)#1,270
2000s646#2,076 (2000)#2,644
2010s273#3,711 (2012)#5,215
2020s76#6,325 (2020)#8,966

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.

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