Kandia — unisex name
15 babies named Kandia in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Kandia was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Kandia in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kandia
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Kandia between 1975 and 1996, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kandia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Kandia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kandia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kandia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kandia 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 15 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.
Kandia at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kandia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
15 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 5 births in a single year.
Kandia popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1977 (Kandia as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kandia accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kandia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Kandia's all-time total
Kandia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kandia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.