Candace Girl
How popular is Candace?
#3,167 girl name in 2025
50 baby girls were named Candace in the US in 2025, making it the 3167th most popular girl name.
Candace popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,167 for girls (▲ 472 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 50 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,103 in 2015, #2,500 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1982 (2,848 girls) |
| Highest rank | #102 in 1984 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Candace counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Candace family of names ranked #2,207 for girls in 2025 (#2,423 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Candace | 50 | 88% |
| Kandace | 7 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Candace is most popular
Babies named Candace per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Candace by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #678 |
| 1890s | 36 | #850 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,318 |
| 1910s | 112 | #1,620 |
| 1920s | 135 | #2,010 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,474 |
| 1940s | 6,715 | #174 |
| 1950s | 14,251 | #171 |
| 1960s | 9,872 | #234 |
| 1970s | 12,670 | #173 |
| 1980s | 25,168 | #102 |
| 1990s | 11,520 | #142 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | #600 |
| 2010s | 989 | #1,554 |
| 2020s | 345 | #2,500 |
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Questions
- Is Candace a boy or girl name?
- Candace is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Candace were girls.
- How popular is the name Candace?
- 50 baby girls were named Candace in the US in 2025, making it the 3167th most popular girl name.
- When was Candace most popular?
- Candace peaked in 1982, when 2,848 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #102 in 1984.
- How many people are named Candace?
- 85,097 babies have been named Candace in the US since 1880. We estimate about 76,910 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 46.
- Where is Candace most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Candace was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.