Kandi

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1970 · 198 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,547
since 1945

Kandi over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #744, 1970girls
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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
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2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016#12,8767
2015#9,48111
2014#14,5586
2013#16,5475
2012#13,4837
2011#8,61413
2010#7,21717
2009#7,34117
2008#8,52914
2007#9,00713
2006#8,71513
2005#14,5026
2004#7,82814
2003#5,79520
2002#8,83711
2001#5,57020
2000#8,02712
1999#6,83614
1998#6,07316
1997#5,22819
1996#5,06519
1995#4,21724
1994#3,89227
1993#3,22135
1992#2,51350
1991#2,62046
1990#1,92372
1989#1,50695
1988#1,56484
1987#1,172125
1986#1,187119
1985#1,118129
1984#1,040136
1983#926161
1982#934160
1981#798202
1980#881174
1979#957152
1978#1,037131
1977#926151
1976#885149
1975#829163
1974#859152
1973#847152
1972#800169
1971#766191
1970#744198
1969#819157
1968#854144
1967#876135
1966#843140
1965#807151
1964#850150
1963#838155
1962#939128
1961#943131
1960#1,001115
1959#1,11093
1958#1,000108
1957#1,06396
1956#1,19476
1955#1,80334
1954#1,64838
1953#1,78331
1952#1,89228
1951#2,93713
1950#2,18520
1949#3,39310
1948#2,18820
1947#2,53016
1946#2,22818
1945#3,1329
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First appearance
1945

The first year at least five girls were named Kandi! It came in at #3,132, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kandi is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #619 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,262 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedINOhio: #669 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,686 girlsOHPennsylvania: #872 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,341 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,757 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 24,075 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMOKentucky: #378 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,134 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #633 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,274 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedNMKansas: #323 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,183 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #683 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,819 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #466 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,445 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedMSAlabama: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,307 girlsALGeorgia: #683 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,949 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedHITexas: #1,219 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 14,492 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kandi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#323 · 1 in 2,183
  2. Kentucky#378 · 1 in 3,134
  3. Oklahoma#466 · 1 in 3,445
  4. Alabama#553 · 1 in 4,307
  5. Michigan#619 · 1 in 6,262

Best ever in a state: #207 in Idaho, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#32371 in 2,183
Kentucky#37871 in 3,134
Oklahoma#46661 in 3,445
Alabama#55351 in 4,307
Michigan#61991 in 6,262
Virginia#63351 in 6,274
Ohio#66991 in 7,686
Georgia#68361 in 5,949
North Carolina#68351 in 6,819
Pennsylvania#87261 in 11,341
Texas#1,21991 in 14,492
California#1,75781 in 24,075
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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 Kandi
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 101 spots in 1963 (#939 → #838)
  • Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1982 (#798 → #934)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1945
  • Peaked 1970 at #744 (198 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1961–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,258
  • Highest: 1 in 8,258 girls born in 1981 were named Kandi (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #744 in 1970, was only 1 in 8,829 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Kandi (1,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s73#2,188 (1948)#2,694
1950s537#1,000 (1958)#1,662
1960s1,406#807 (1965)#877
1970s1,608#744 (1970)#865
1980s1,385#798 (1981)#1,113
1990s322#1,923 (1990)#4,159
2000s140#5,570 (2001)#8,415
2010s76#7,217 (2010)#12,707

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.

Kandi in 1984

girls
#1,040
136 births · 1 in 12,381 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,040Kandi136
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 12,381 of them was named Kandi, which outranked 91.5% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kandi
  1. #1,035Lashawn137
  2. #1,035Rosie137
  3. #1,035Shavonne137
  4. #1,040Kandi136
  5. #1,040Jaqueline136
  6. #1,040Lynnette136
  7. #1,040Rebeca136
  8. #1,044Aaron135
  9. #1,044Alysia135
  10. #1,044Ivory135

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →