Girls' name · since 1945
Kandie
Kandie has 1,080 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,080
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kandie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,080 recorded since 1945.
Kandie has 1,080 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2012.
- #7,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,080 born since 1945
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kandie ranks #7,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,080 born since 1945, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,122 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,080
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kandie's 1,080 recorded births place it above 90.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Kandie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kandie splits its recorded history at 1975: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1949 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kandie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2012
- Peak year (1970)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Kandie by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (277 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Kandie's strongest decade.
277 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Kandie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 39
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
164 births
- 1960s
1960s
265 births
- 1970s
1970s
277 births
- 1980s
1980s
211 births
- 1990s 80
1990s
80 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 277 births (26% of all-time use).
How Kandie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kandie's total volume
Kandie by state
Where Kandie concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
20 of 1,080 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Kandie's decade-level peak was the 1970s (277 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kandies (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Kandie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1945–2012 (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 Kandie 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.