Candice

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #6,519
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 3,791 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
6 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
67,984
since 1925

Candice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #78, 1982girls
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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
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2025#5,09925—
2024#4,77228—
2023#5,54922—
2022#5,17225—
2021#3,29748—
2020#3,01553—
2019#2,50870—
2018#2,43873—
2017#2,01897—
2016#1,622135—
2015#1,839112—
2014#1,634131—
2013#1,792114—
2012#1,719120—
2011#1,554141—
2010#1,574139—
2009#1,322182—
2008#1,057247—
2007#1,059247—
2006#1,024250—
2005#1,078220—
2004#1,078213—
2003#920258—
2002#923242—
2001#789299—
2000#714324—
1999#664345—
1998#593407—
1997#546431—
1996#417609—
1995#384688—
1994#292937—
1993#2521,102—
1992#1981,487—
1991#1731,745#6,5197
1990#1472,117#5,8238
1989#1342,260#3,44616
1988#1302,227#5,2008
1987#1212,291#5,4597
1986#1082,560#4,8538
1985#863,195#2,82817
1984#863,393#3,10714
1983#843,420#3,88410
1982#783,791#2,51819
1981#863,698#4,1539
1980#993,012#3,61511
1979#1282,227#4,0689
1978#1681,615#4,5547
1977#2031,273—
1976#2021,209—
1975#2201,125—
1974#274936—
1973#264946—
1972#2631,002—
1971#2601,129#4,9075
1970#2871,022—
1969#345678—
1968#356622—
1967#409511—
1966#518331—
1965#596259—
1964#751193—
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1962#691222—
1961#664240—
1960#610268—
1959#498384—
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1944#1,36435—
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First appearance
1925

The first year at least five girls were named Candice! It came in at #4,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Candice is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNHWashington: #168 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 828 girlsWAIdaho: #137 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 548 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #208 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,208 girlsMNIllinois: #175 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 929 girlsILWisconsin: #226 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsWIMichigan: #308 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsMINew York: #254 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 1,395 girlsNYMassachusetts: #299 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsMARhode Island: #166 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 790 girlsRIOregon: #153 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 688 girlsORNevada: #118 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 435 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedSDIowa: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,884 girlsIAIndiana: #239 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsINOhio: #218 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,261 girlsOHPennsylvania: #301 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,971 girlsPANew Jersey: #306 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,799 girlsNJConnecticut: #199 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,063 girlsCTCalifornia: #261 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsCAUtah: #124 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 514 girlsUTColorado: #215 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsCONebraska: #138 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 591 girlsNEMissouri: #213 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsMOKentucky: #367 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,600 girlsKYWest Virginia: #210 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsWVVirginia: #176 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 873 girlsVAMaryland: #289 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,607 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Candice, so not publishedDEArizona: #195 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 842 girlsAZNew Mexico: #298 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,278 girlsNMKansas: #227 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsKSArkansas: #271 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,404 girlsARTennessee: #187 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 944 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #180 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 829 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #162 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 691 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #161 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 588 girlsDCOklahoma: #196 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 938 girlsOKLouisiana: #153 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 691 girlsLAMississippi: #199 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 864 girlsMSAlabama: #182 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 809 girlsALGeorgia: #159 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 720 girlsGAHawaii: #233 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 752 girlsHITexas: #228 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 1,139 girlsTXFlorida: #206 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,060 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#118 · 1 in 435
  2. Utah#124 · 1 in 514
  3. Idaho#137 · 1 in 548
  4. Nebraska#138 · 1 in 591
  5. Oregon#153 · 1 in 688

Best ever in a state: #41 in Mississippi, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#11861 in 435
Utah#124241 in 514
Idaho#137101 in 548
Nebraska#138161 in 591
Louisiana#153371 in 691
Oregon#153191 in 688
Georgia#159431 in 720
District of Columbia#161101 in 588
South Carolina#162241 in 691
Rhode Island#16651 in 790
Washington#168241 in 828
Illinois#175751 in 929
Virginia#176311 in 873
North Carolina#180391 in 829
Alabama#182271 in 809
Tennessee#187281 in 944
Arizona#195181 in 842
Oklahoma#196171 in 938
Connecticut#199131 in 1,063
Mississippi#199181 in 864
Florida#206391 in 1,060
Minnesota#208201 in 1,208
West Virginia#210101 in 1,120
Missouri#213261 in 1,120
Colorado#215151 in 1,052
Ohio#218551 in 1,261
Wisconsin#226201 in 1,373
Kansas#227111 in 1,143
Texas#228841 in 1,139
Hawaii#23361 in 752
Indiana#239251 in 1,375
New York#254731 in 1,395
California#2611011 in 1,371
Arkansas#27191 in 1,404
Maryland#289111 in 1,607
New Mexico#29861 in 1,278
Massachusetts#299141 in 2,099
Pennsylvania#301331 in 1,971
New Jersey#306201 in 1,799
Michigan#308271 in 2,063
Iowa#35661 in 2,884
Kentucky#36791 in 2,600
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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 Candice
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 327 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #5,099)
  • 2,084 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #5,099)
  • 3,260 spots since 2015 (#1,839 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1945 (#1,364 → #741)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2004 (#920 → #1,078)
Rise & fade · girls
57 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1925
  • Peaked 1982 at #78 (3,791 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1980–1985
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1945–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 447
  • Highest: 1 in 447 girls born in 1982 were named Candice (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Candice (29,847) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s6#4,426 (1925)#4,426
1930s0——
1940s2,405#271 (1949)#762
1950s6,054#278 (1950)#360
1960s3,505#345 (1969)#570
1970s12,484#128 (1979)#227
1980s29,847#78 (1982)#101
1990s9,868#147 (1990)#367
2000s2,482#714 (2000)#996
2010s1,132#1,554 (2011)#1,870
2020s201#3,015 (2020)#4,484

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.

Candice in 1975

girls
#220
1,125 births · 1 in 1,296 girls

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #220Candice1,125
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 1,296 of them was named Candice, which outranked 97.9% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candice
  1. #217Joanne1,137
  2. #218Bethany1,136
  3. #219Joyce1,126
  4. #220Candice1,125
  5. #221Candace1,123
  6. #222Nikki1,103
  7. #223Tasha1,084
Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,732Pepper#2,683 → #951
  2. ↑ 1,666Mandie#2,396 → #730
  3. ↑ 1,140Tiana#1,772 → #632
  4. ↑ 779Lacy#1,486 → #707
  5. ↑ 719Lacey#1,284 → #565
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Nia#672 → #1,119
  2. ↓ 429Alethea#716 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 404Cicely#608 → #1,012
  4. ↓ 307Elaina#994 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 303Cristin#938 → #1,241

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

See the top 100 for 1975 →