Recorded 1946–2019 Girls' name Peak 1991 1,428 births

Kandyce — girls' name

1,428 babies named Kandyce in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s331950s1001960s481970s981980s4001990s3472000s2712010s131
1980s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Kandyce was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

60 babies were named Kandyce in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kandyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,428 babies named Kandyce between 1946 and 2019, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kandyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kandyce performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 400 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kandyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 110 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kandyce in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kandyce 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 1,428 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.

Kandyce at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

1,428

Since 1946

74 years of records

Peak year

1991

60 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1946

Recorded for 74 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kandyce popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1946

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1991)
60
Annual births at peak — across 74 years of records
020406080 201920102001199219831974196319531946 5

Kandyce by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
400 births that decade — 28% of Kandyce's all-time total
1940s331950s1001960s481970s981980s4001990s3472000s2712010s131

Kandyce by state

Where Kandyce concentrates geographically — total births since 1946

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Kandyce
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
110 7.7%
#2 Texas
105 7.4%
#3 Florida
8 0.6%
#4 Louisiana
5 0.4%
California share of Kandyce's total US births 7.7%
Even split

110 of 1,428 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kandyce?
1,428 babies have been named Kandyce since 1946. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1991 with 60 births.
When was Kandyce most popular?
Kandyce was most popular in the 1980s decade with 400 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Kandyce most popular?
The top states for the name Kandyce are California (110 births), Texas (105 births), Florida (8 births).
How long has the name Kandyce been used?
Kandyce has been recorded in Social Security data since 1946, spanning 74 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kandyce?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kandice, Kandace, Kandi, Kandy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1946–2019 (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.