Candida

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124

Peak · girls
1971 · 222 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,580
since 1900

Candida over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #686, 1971girls
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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
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#14,1246
2016
2015#16,4195
2014#13,0697
2013
2012#14,9626
2011
2010#14,9596
2009#10,67910
2008#17,5045
2007
2006#10,61110
2005#7,89114
2004#11,6248
2003#9,04811
2002#10,2469
2001#7,72413
2000#6,80815
1999#8,22311
1998#5,79917
1997#4,81921
1996#5,77116
1995#5,67716
1994#3,70429
1993#3,42232
1992#2,77743
1991#3,63329
1990#2,85040
1989#2,40848
1988#2,53942
1987#2,65737
1986#2,84533
1985#2,31743
1984#1,92254
1983#2,06948
1982#1,73564
1981#1,44584
1980#1,31097
1979#1,36490
1978#1,231101
1977#1,199102
1976#885149
1975#833161
1974#908139
1973#801163
1972#798170
1971#686222
1970#1,19695
1969#2,35030
1968#2,36027
1967#1,92137
1966#3,04017
1965#2,46424
1964#2,01135
1963#2,54323
1962#2,21029
1961#2,35926
1960#2,30726
1959#1,98532
1958#2,11728
1957#1,86934
1956#1,83534
1955#1,87732
1954#1,56042
1953#1,67135
1952#1,93427
1951#1,92126
1950#1,72030
1949#1,69731
1948#1,82027
1947#1,57636
1946#2,39216
1945#1,79522
1944#2,76211
1943#2,44714
1942#2,81711
1941#2,27214
1940#3,2088
1939#2,59211
1938#2,22514
1937#3,1468
1936#2,52111
1935#2,20614
1934#2,56711
1933#3,1098
1932#2,23514
1931#2,20514
1930#1,60724
1929#4,0536
1928#1,89720
1927#1,93520
1926#1,77223
1925#1,79523
1924#1,67926
1923#2,02119
1922#2,61213
1921#1,76524
1920#2,73112
1919#1,85520
1918#2,02918
1917#2,69311
1916#2,65811
1915#2,52611
1914#2,26510
1913
1912#1,9819
1911#1,7928
1910#1,9357
1909#1,4719
1908#1,4399
1907#1,5128
1906#1,9515
1905#1,9315
1904
1903#1,7925
1902
1901#1,3397
1900#1,5617
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Candida! It came in at #1,561, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Candida
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
  • Biggest jump: 510 spots in 1971 (#1,196#686)
  • Biggest drop: 314 spots in 1977 (#885#1,199)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1971 at #686 (222 births)
  • Births halved by 1977, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1971–1976
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,495
  • Highest: 1 in 7,495 girls born in 1971 were named Candida (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.9% of all girls named Candida (1,392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s55#1,339 (1901)#1,625
1910s105#1,792 (1911)#2,193
1920s186#1,679 (1924)#2,226
1930s129#1,607 (1930)#2,441
1940s190#1,576 (1947)#2,279
1950s320#1,560 (1954)#1,849
1960s274#1,921 (1967)#2,357
1970s1,392#686 (1971)#990
1980s550#1,310 (1980)#2,125
1990s254#2,777 (1992)#4,668
2000s95#6,808 (2000)#10,237
2010s30#13,069 (2014)#14,707

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.

Candida in 1981

girls
#1,445
84 births · 1 in 19,858 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #1,445Candida84
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 19,858 of them was named Candida, which outranked 88.2% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Candida
  1. #1,433Roseanne85
  2. #1,433Shawnna85
  3. #1,433Tamisha85
  4. #1,445Candida84
  5. #1,445Addie84
  6. #1,445Alayna84
  7. #1,445Bailey84
  8. #1,455Aleisha83
  9. #1,455Alesia83
  10. #1,455Antonette83

Tied with 9 names at #1,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981