Candace
Candace is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 42 births. Its best rank was 102nd, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 420.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19822,848 births
- Best rank
- #102in 1984
- Since 1882
- 84,888people given the name
The story in the numbers
84,888 girls have been named Candace in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 2,848 births — 0.17% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 42 births in 2024, against 2,848 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 1980s alone account for 30%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Candace | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 36 | |
| 1900s | 27 | |
| 1910s | 112 | |
| 1920s | 135 | |
| 1930s | 146 | |
| 1940s | 6,715 | |
| 1950s | 14,251 | |
| 1960s | 9,873 | |
| 1970s | 12,671 | |
| 1980s | 25,169 | |
| 1990s | 11,517 | |
| 2000s | 2,925 | |
| 2010s | 989 | |
| 2020s | 295 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Candace was the 103rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Candace
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Randapeak 1991
- Candancepeak 1981
- Randeepeak 1951
- Marquettapeak 1984
- Candycepeak 1985
- Randipeak 1982
- Candispeak 1985
- Sherrellpeak 1989
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.