Girls' name · peaked in 1982
Candice name popularity since 1925
68,139 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Candice. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Candice is about 44 years old in 2026. Candice peaked in 1982 as the #78 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 68,139
- Named Candice, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,125 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 67,984 girls · 155 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.59× its national share
Peak year is the year Candice 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.
Candice births per year, 1925–2025
1982 was the biggest year for Candice both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Candice became 5.8× more common, from 1 in 12,900 baby girls to 1 in 2,240.
- Steepest fall: Between 1992 and 1997, its share of baby girls fell by 69%, from 1 in 1,240 to 1 in 4,040.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Candice's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Candice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Candice 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 | 6 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 2,405 | 0 | #743 |
| 1950s | 6,054 | 0 | #363 |
| 1960s | 3,505 | 0 | #596 |
| 1970s | 12,484 | 21 | #220 |
| 1980s | 29,847 | 119 | #86 |
| 1990s | 9,868 | 15 | #384 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | 0 | #1,079 |
| 2010s | 1,132 | 0 | #1,841 |
| 2020–25 | 201 | 0 | #5,125 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
52.3% of babies named Candice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Candice is most popular
The index compares Candice'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 Candice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.59× | 893 |
| Tennessee | 1.35× | 1,864 |
| Georgia | 1.32× | 2,396 |
| South Carolina | 1.31× | 1,207 |
| New Mexico | 1.30× | 471 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Candice 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Candice (this page) | 67,984 | 1982 |
| Candace | 84,667 | 1982 |
| Kandice | 6,823 | 1985 |
| 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 Candice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Candice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Candice (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