How rare is the name Candida?

8,104 people in the United States have the first name Candida, about 1 in 37,269. It ranks #2,852 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CANDIDA

#2,852

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,104
About
1 in 37,269
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,104 people named Candida, 73.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% as White and 3.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Candida peaked in 1971, when 222 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002017
Peak year
1971
Births that year
222
In 2017
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,580 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Candida by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,608. The largest share of babies named Candida, 45.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1900s#2,56955
1910s#4,019105
1920s#3,655186
1930s#4,049129
1940s#3,489190
1950s#3,070320
1960s#3,679274
1970s#1,6081,392
1980s#3,205550
1990s#6,806254
2000s#16,80195
2010s#29,79130
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.7%
Silent Generation 1928–456.6%
Baby boom 1946–6415.9%
Generation X 1965–8045.4%
Millennials 1981–9618.4%
Generation Z 1997–124.4%
2013 and later0.5%

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

Where Candida is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Candida has been most common in New York (4×), California (2.1×), and Texas (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.73×).

1,435 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 Candida

#2,850 Mariaelena · 8,110#2,850 Migdalia · 8,110#2,853 Willy · 8,097#2,854 Bronson · 8,096

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,017 Candido · 4,831#38,064 Candita · 203#52,900 Candid · 104

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