How rare is the name Candis?

4,229 people in the United States have the first name Candis, about 1 in 71,419. It ranks #4,428 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CANDIS

#4,428

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,229
About
1 in 71,419
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,229 people named Candis, 63.5% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Candis peaked in 1985, when 233 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892019
Peak year
1985
Births that year
233
In 2019
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,164 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Candis by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,465. The largest share of babies named Candis, 43.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#2,60730
1900s#3,02035
1910s#4,59283
1920s#7,86345
1930s#6,88944
1940s#2,304402
1950s#1,815876
1960s#2,668477
1970s#2,872528
1980s#1,4651,933
1990s#4,003550
2000s#13,885127
2010s#30,50828
Before 19010.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.9%
Silent Generation 1928–452.6%
Baby boom 1946–6428.4%
Generation X 1965–8017.4%
Millennials 1981–9643.2%
Generation Z 1997–124.8%
2013 and later0.1%

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 Candis is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Candis has been most common in Mississippi (2.1×), California (2×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in New York (0.33×).

2,349 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.

Exactly as common as Candis

1 other first name also has 4,229 people.

#4,428 Yaakov · 4,229

Either side of Candis

#4,426 Ji · 4,235#4,427 Ayleen · 4,231#4,428 Yaakov · 4,229#4,430 Shmuel · 4,228

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,874 Candise · 952#28,872 Candiss · 309#33,489 Candus · 247#37,821 Candas · 205#47,034 Candies · 140

Also a last name

As a last name, Candis ranks #145,028 of 156,621, with 116 people. See Candis as a last name

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