Kandi
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 198 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,547since 1945
Kandi over time
Rank among girls' names. Kandi has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 |
| 1991 | #2,620 | 46 |
| 1990 | #1,923 | 72 |
| 1989 | #1,506 | 95 |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,172 | 125 |
| 1986 | #1,187 | 119 |
| 1985 | #1,118 | 129 |
| 1984 | #1,040 | 136 |
| 1983 | #926 | 161 |
| 1982 | #934 | 160 |
| 1981 | #798 | 202 |
| 1980 | #881 | 174 |
| 1979 | #957 | 152 |
| 1978 | #1,037 | 131 |
| 1977 | #926 | 151 |
| 1976 | #885 | 149 |
| 1975 | #829 | 163 |
| 1974 | #859 | 152 |
| 1973 | #847 | 152 |
| 1972 | #800 | 169 |
| 1971 | #766 | 191 |
| 1970 | #744 | 198 |
| 1969 | #819 | 157 |
| 1968 | #854 | 144 |
| 1967 | #876 | 135 |
| 1966 | #843 | 140 |
| 1965 | #807 | 151 |
| 1964 | #850 | 150 |
| 1963 | #838 | 155 |
| 1962 | #939 | 128 |
| 1961 | #943 | 131 |
| 1960 | #1,001 | 115 |
| 1959 | #1,110 | 93 |
| 1958 | #1,000 | 108 |
| 1957 | #1,063 | 96 |
| 1956 | #1,194 | 76 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,648 | 38 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
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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.
See more about Kandi
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 101 spots in 1963 (#939 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 136 spots in 1982 (#798 → #934)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1970 at #744 (198 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1961–1977
- 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
- 29.0% of all girls named Kandi (1,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 73 | #2,188 (1948) | #2,694 |
| 1950s | 537 | #1,000 (1958) | #1,662 |
| 1960s | 1,406 | #807 (1965) | #877 |
| 1970s | 1,608 | #744 (1970) | #865 |
| 1980s | 1,385 | #798 (1981) | #1,113 |
| 1990s | 322 | #1,923 (1990) | #4,159 |
| 2000s | 140 | #5,570 (2001) | #8,415 |
| 2010s | 76 | #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 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 8,711 of them was named Kandi, which outranked 92.1% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).