Kandise — girls' name
256 babies named Kandise in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Kandise was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Kandise in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kandise
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Kandise between 1966 and 2010, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kandise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kandise performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kandise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kandise in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kandise 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 256 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.
Kandise at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kandise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1966
- Peak year (1984)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
256 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 23 births in a single year.
Kandise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 128 births that decade — 50% of Kandise's all-time total
Kandise decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kandise's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Kandise by state
Where Kandise concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 256 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1966–2010 (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.