Candy — #3750 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Candy

The Social Security Administration has registered 28,495 babies named Candy between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Candy currently holds the #3750 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 1,044 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Candy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 7,555 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Candy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,917 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Candy in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Candy 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 28,495 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.