Girls' name · since 1944
Kandy
Kandy has 5,306 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,306
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kandy currently ranks #13394 among girls' names in America, with 5,306 babies recorded since 1944.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kandy has been recorded 5,306 times among girls since 1944, currently ranked #13394 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #2,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,394 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,306 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kandy ranks #2,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,394 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,306 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,394 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,306
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Kandy's 5,306 recorded births place it above 96.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kandy compares
5,306 Top 13% higher than 87% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kandy's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kandy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 193 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kandy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kandy splits its recorded history at 1982: 16% of all births land in the more recent half, 84% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 193 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kandy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1965)
- 193
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Kandy popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1970 (Kandy as boys' name)
Kandy by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,674 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Kandy's strongest decade.
1,674 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kandy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 275
1940s
275 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,170 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,674 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,199 births
- 1980s 505
1980s
505 births
- 1990s 196
1990s
196 births
- 2000s 178
2000s
178 births
- 2010s 85
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,674 births (32% of all-time use).
How Kandy 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 Kandy's total volume
Kandy by state
Where Kandy concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 532 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 402 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 315 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 210 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 205 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 175 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 154 | 2.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 103 | 1.9% |
532 of 5,306 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Kandy appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kandy's data
- Kandy's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,674 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kandys (532 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kandy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Kandy 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.