Candace — #3631 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Candace

The Social Security Administration has registered 84,888 babies named Candace between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Candace currently holds the #3631 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 2,848 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Candace performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25,169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Candace shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,166 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Candace in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Candace in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 84,888 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.