Girls' name · peaked in 1982
Candace name popularity since 1925
84,826 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Candace. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Candace is about 47 years old in 2026. Candace peaked in 1982 as the #103 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 84,826
- Named Candace, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,173 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 84,667 girls · 159 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 1.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Candace made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Candace births per year, 1925–2025
1982 was the biggest year for Candace both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1942 and 1947, Candace became 7.8× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 1,350.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 1,110 to 1 in 2,790.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Candace's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Candace.
Decade by decade
Babies named Candace in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 66 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 146 | 0 | #2,600 |
| 1940s | 6,715 | 5 | #274 |
| 1950s | 14,251 | 11 | #214 |
| 1960s | 9,872 | 14 | #279 |
| 1970s | 12,670 | 17 | #221 |
| 1980s | 25,168 | 100 | #104 |
| 1990s | 11,520 | 12 | #288 |
| 2000s | 2,925 | 0 | #926 |
| 2010s | 989 | 0 | #2,104 |
| 2020–25 | 345 | 0 | #3,173 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.9% of babies named Candace from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Candace is most popular
The index compares Candace's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Candace.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 1.70× | 445 |
| Hawaii | 1.63× | 423 |
| Mississippi | 1.43× | 1,434 |
| Alabama | 1.39× | 2,034 |
| Tennessee | 1.36× | 2,374 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Candace and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Candace (this page) | 84,667 | 1982 |
| Candice | 67,984 | 1982 |
| Kandace | 6,323 | 1988 |
| Candyce | 3,014 | 1985 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Candace's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Candace.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Candace (1982).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data