Kandace — #13628 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kandace

The Social Security Administration has registered 6,315 babies named Kandace between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kandace currently holds the #13628 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 279 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kandace performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,955 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kandace shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 629 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kandace in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kandace 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 6,315 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.