Kandis
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #10,859
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 135 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,727since 1946
Kandis over time
Rank among girls' names. Kandis has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
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| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 1993 | #2,639 | 46 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,014 | 68 |
| 1990 | #1,670 | 88 |
| 1989 | #1,444 | 102 |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 109 |
| 1987 | #1,109 | 135 |
| 1986 | #1,187 | 119 |
| 1985 | #1,207 | 115 |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 |
| 1982 | #1,384 | 88 |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 |
| 1980 | #1,805 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,040 | 34 |
| 1963 | #2,252 | 28 |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kandis! It came in at #2,739, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Kandis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1987 at #1,109 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,879 girls born in 1987 were named Kandis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 196,891 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 37.4% of all girls named Kandis (1,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 88 | #1,767 (1949) | #2,141 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,598 (1956) | #1,981 |
| 1960s | 256 | #2,040 (1964) | #2,444 |
| 1970s | 305 | #1,917 (1979) | #2,707 |
| 1980s | 1,021 | #1,109 (1987) | #1,341 |
| 1990s | 465 | #1,670 (1990) | #2,930 |
| 2000s | 222 | #3,978 (2002) | #5,886 |
| 2010s | 74 | #6,335 (2011) | #10,980 |
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.
Kandis in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 14,416 of them was named Kandis, which outranked 90.8% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,177Lashawn120
- #1,177Sherita120
- #1,177Vanesa120
- #1,187Kandis119
- #1,187Brittnie119
- #1,187Kandi119
- #1,187Leighann119
- #1,194Emilia118
- #1,194Josefina118
- #1,194Kenisha118
Tied with 6 names at #1,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.