Girls' name · since 1951
Candiace
94 babies named Candiace in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
94 girls have been named Candiace since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candiace has been recorded 94 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1993.
- #27,765 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Candiace ranks #27,765 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Candiace's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Candiace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Candiace splits its recorded history at 1985: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Candiace popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1993
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Candiace by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (69 births, 73% of the file).
1980s was Candiace's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Candiace births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 69 births (73% of all-time use).
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What to do with Candiace's data
- Candiace's decade-level peak was the 1980s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Candiace: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Candiace draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.