first name
CANDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,305 people named Candy, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 19.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% as Black. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Candy peaked in 1970, when 1,044 babies got the name.
At least 28,625 babies have been given the name since 1896. 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.
Candy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #617. The largest share of babies named Candy, 38.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Candy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Candy has been most common in Indiana (1.7×), Ohio (1.6×), and California (1.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).
25,150 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 Candy
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Candy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Candy ranks #31,903 of 156,621, with 776 people. See Candy as a last name
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