How rare is the name Candace?

73,527 people in the United States have the first name Candace, about 1 in 4,108. It ranks #699 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CANDACE

#699

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
73,527
About
1 in 4,108
This common or more
64.4%
Who bears it

Of the 73,527 people named Candace, 72.2% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Candace peaked in 1982, when 2,859 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
2,859
In 2025*
50 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 85,097 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Candace by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #240. The largest share of babies named Candace, 38.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,11127
1890s#2,45536
1900s#3,29327
1910s#3,850112
1920s#4,448135
1930s#3,781146
1940s#5036,720
1950s#41014,262
1960s#5269,886
1970s#39212,687
1980s#24025,268
1990s#50311,532
2000s#1,5532,925
2010s#3,574989
2020s#5,099345
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–6427.9%
Generation X 1965–8024.3%
Millennials 1981–9638.8%
Generation Z 1997–125.8%
2013 and later1.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Candace is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Candace has been most common in Hawaii (1.7×), North Dakota (1.6×), and Mississippi (1.4×), and least common in Delaware (0.58×).

81,927 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Candace

#697 Ron · 74,027#698 Gustavo · 73,690#700 Karl · 73,518#701 Alvin · 72,962

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Candace, most common first.

#804 Candice · 59,920#6,250 Candyce · 2,583#12,874 Candise · 952#37,821 Candas · 205#47,514 Candece · 137#53,155 Candiace · 102

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