How rare is the name Candice?

59,920 people in the United States have the first name Candice, about 1 in 5,041. It ranks #804 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CANDICE

#804

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
59,920
About
1 in 5,041
This common or more
66.8%
Who bears it

Of the 59,920 people named Candice, 65.4% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 7.3% 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.

Candice peaked in 1982, when 3,810 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19252025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
3,810
In 2025*
25 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 68,139 babies have been given the name since 1925. 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.

Candice by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #204. The largest share of babies named Candice, 52.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#13,0426
1940s#8872,405
1950s#6416,054
1960s#9263,505
1970s#40112,505
1980s#20429,966
1990s#5699,883
2000s#1,7522,482
2010s#3,2701,132
2020s#7,350201
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–6413.8%
Generation X 1965–8026.3%
Millennials 1981–9652.3%
Generation Z 1997–126%
2013 and later1.4%

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 Candice is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Candice has been most common in Utah (1.7×), New Mexico (1.3×), and Tennessee (1.3×), and least common in South Dakota (0.34×).

65,047 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 Candice

#802 Josue · 60,561#803 Nevaeh · 60,298#805 Cheyenne · 59,831#806 Caden · 59,387

Spelled almost the same

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

#699 Candace · 73,527#4,428 Candis · 4,229#6,250 Candyce · 2,583#12,874 Candise · 952#28,872 Candiss · 309#47,034 Candies · 140#47,514 Candece · 137#53,155 Candiace · 102

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