Candace

#3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 2,668 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,938
since 1882

Candace over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Candace has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #102, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,16750
2024#3,63942
2023#3,04754
2022#2,63966
2021#2,67464
2020#2,50069
2019#2,78460
2018#2,67764
2017#2,35777
2016#1,972101
2015#2,10392
2014#1,728121
2013#1,97799
2012#1,940101
2011#1,554141
2010#1,621133
2009#1,246198
2008#1,180217
2007#1,037254
2006#1,026249
2005#925269
2004#816307
2003#745341
2002#739330
2001#719339
2000#600421
1999#542465
1998#480535
1997#417625
1996#362760
1995#288967
1994#2541,100
1993#2151,309
1992#1861,661
1991#1531,936#8,2365
1990#1422,162#6,4157
1989#1332,270#4,01713
1988#1172,421#6,4266
1987#1202,329#4,9688
1986#1142,459#4,13010
1985#1042,707#4,3339
1984#1022,668#2,82416
1983#1042,698#3,88410
1982#1032,848#3,69211
1981#1182,581#5,4686
1980#1342,187#3,61511
1979#1731,594#5,3556
1978#1961,326
1977#2171,140#5,8455
1976#2001,211
1975#2211,123#4,7976
1974#2231,155
1973#2231,132
1972#2231,254
1971#2261,308
1970#2201,427
1969#2341,298#3,0629
1968#2371,179
1967#2501,118
1966#2391,220
1965#279969
1964#327837
1963#318863
1962#329803#4,0335
1961#349742
1960#325843
1959#304907
1958#317846
1957#2521,156#3,5526
1956#2161,404
1955#2141,413
1954#1981,555
1953#1801,753
1952#1711,835
1951#1731,734#3,7145
1950#1721,648
1949#1741,589#3,6905
1948#1901,446
1947#2041,317
1946#2271,001
1945#274632
1944#410307
1943#484233
1942#658129
1941#1,41830
1940#1,34731
1939#1,47426
1938#1,75220
1937#1,78419
1936#2,15314
1935#2,57511
1934#3,8026
1933#1,77319
1932#2,23514
1931#2,75010
1930#3,6587
1929#2,01117
1928#3,4368
1927#2,25616
1926#2,87211
1925#2,48914
1924#2,97311
1923#2,26416
1922#2,38715
1921#3,4009
1920#2,07918
1919#2,06317
1918#2,37614
1917#1,99617
1916#1,80519
1915#4,2745
1914#3,6185
1913#1,76612
1912#1,62012
1911#2,4635
1910#2,1406
1909#1,7637
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,5926
1902
1901#1,6795
1900#1,3199
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,3856
1896
1895#1,4266
1894#85013
1893
1892
1891
1890#1,2106
1889
1888#1,1366
1887#1,0366
1886
1885
1884#8517
1883
1882#6788
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Candace! It came in at #678, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Candace
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 472 spots since 2024 (#3,639#3,167)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#2,500#3,167)
  • 1,064 spots since 2015 (#2,103#3,167)
  • Biggest jump: 760 spots in 1942 (#1,418#658)
  • Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1895 (#850#1,426)
Rise & fade · girls
102 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1984 at #102 (2,668 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 67 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1942–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 595
  • Highest: 1 in 595 girls born in 1982 were named Candace (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #102 in 1984, was only 1 in 631 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.6% of all girls named Candace (25,168) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#678 (1882)#925
1890s36#850 (1894)#1,293
1900s27#1,319 (1900)#1,588
1910s112#1,620 (1912)#2,412
1920s135#2,011 (1929)#2,617
1930s146#1,474 (1939)#2,396
1940s6,715#174 (1949)#539
1950s14,251#171 (1952)#220
1960s9,872#234 (1969)#289
1970s12,670#173 (1979)#212
1980s25,168#102 (1984)#115
1990s11,520#142 (1990)#304
2000s2,925#600 (2000)#903
2010s989#1,554 (2011)#2,071
2020s345#2,500 (2020)#2,944

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.

Candace in 1989

girls
#133
2,270 births · 1 in 812 girls
boys
#4,017
13 births · 1 in 153,918 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #133Candace2,270

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #4,017Candace13
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 812 of them was named Candace, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candace
  1. #130Miranda2,326
  2. #131Ana2,276
  3. #132Brenda2,272
  4. #133Candace2,270
  5. #134Candice2,260
  6. #135Adriana2,259
  7. #136Nichole2,233
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 153,918 of them was named Candace, which outranked 56.5% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candace
  1. #3,809Willian14
  2. #3,809Xiong14
  3. #3,809Yair14
  4. #4,017Candace13
  5. #4,017Aarion13
  6. #4,017Abimael13
  7. #4,017Adem13
  8. #4,271Adair12
  9. #4,271Aeron12
  10. #4,271Ahron12

Tied with 253 names at #4,017; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989