Girls' name · peaked in 1969
Candy name popularity since 1925
28,593 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Candy. Half of them were born in 1968 or earlier, so the typical Candy is about 58 years old in 2026. Candy peaked in 1969 as the #278 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,593
- Named Candy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,576 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 28,493 girls · 100 boys
- Most popular in
- Indiana
- 1.73× its national share
Peak year is the year Candy 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.
Candy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Candy peaked in 1969.
- Fastest rise: Between 1951 and 1956, Candy became 3× more common, from 1 in 7,090 baby girls to 1 in 2,390.
- Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 3,790 to 1 in 7,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Candy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Candy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Candy 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 | 26 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 90 | 5 | #2,601 |
| 1940s | 1,948 | 5 | #515 |
| 1950s | 5,716 | 5 | #396 |
| 1960s | 7,555 | 18 | #341 |
| 1970s | 6,887 | 34 | #342 |
| 1980s | 3,029 | 23 | #715 |
| 1990s | 1,273 | 10 | #1,579 |
| 2000s | 1,133 | 0 | #1,857 |
| 2010s | 624 | 0 | #3,186 |
| 2020–25 | 212 | 0 | #4,576 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.8% of babies named Candy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Candy is most popular
The index compares Candy'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 Candy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 1.73× | 1,040 |
| Ohio | 1.62× | 1,902 |
| Oregon | 1.49× | 356 |
| California | 1.46× | 3,927 |
| Tennessee | 1.29× | 691 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Candy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Candy (this page) | 28,493 | 1969 |
| Candi | 7,356 | 1980 |
| Kandy | 5,306 | 1965 |
| Candie | 2,980 | 1984 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Candy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Candy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Candy (1969).
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