Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Candace

#425 most common girls' name of all time · #775 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#425
Rank overall
#775 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
85,097
Since 2016
647
Peak year
1982 #103
Best rank
#102 1984
Girls Boys peak 2,859/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Candace first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 50 — 50 #3,172
2024 42 — 42 #3,641
2023 54 — 54 #3,049
2022 66 — 66 #2,643
2021 64 — 64 #2,678
2020 69 — 69 #2,504
2019 60 — 60 #2,786
2018 64 — 64 #2,680
2017 77 — 77 #2,360
2016 101 — 101 #1,973
2015 92 — 92 #2,104
2014 121 — 121 #1,729
2013 99 — 99 #1,979
2012 101 — 101 #1,942
2011 141 — 141 #1,554
2010 133 — 133 #1,622
2009 198 — 198 #1,247
2008 217 — 217 #1,180
2007 254 — 254 #1,038
2006 249 — 249 #1,028
2005 269 — 269 #926
2004 307 — 307 #816
2003 341 — 341 #746
2002 330 — 330 #739
2001 339 — 339 #719
2000 421 — 421 #600
1999 465 — 465 #542
1998 535 — 535 #480
1997 625 — 625 #417
1996 760 — 760 #362
1995 967 — 967 #288
1994 1,100 — 1,100 #254
1993 1,309 — 1,309 #215
1992 1,661 — 1,661 #186
1991 1,936 5 1,941 #153
1990 2,162 7 2,169 #142
1989 2,270 13 2,283 #133
1988 2,421 6 2,427 #117
1987 2,329 8 2,337 #120
1986 2,459 10 2,469 #114
1985 2,707 9 2,716 #104
1984 2,668 16 2,684 #102
1983 2,698 10 2,708 #104
1982 2,848 11 2,859 #103
1981 2,581 6 2,587 #118
1980 2,187 11 2,198 #134
1979 1,594 6 1,600 #173
1978 1,326 — 1,326 #196
1977 1,140 5 1,145 #217
1976 1,211 — 1,211 #200
1975 1,123 6 1,129 #221
1974 1,155 — 1,155 #223
1973 1,132 — 1,132 #223
1972 1,254 — 1,254 #223
1971 1,308 — 1,308 #226
1970 1,427 — 1,427 #220
1969 1,298 9 1,307 #234
1968 1,179 — 1,179 #237
1967 1,118 — 1,118 #250
1966 1,220 — 1,220 #239
1965 969 — 969 #279
1964 837 — 837 #327
1963 863 — 863 #319
1962 803 5 808 #329
1961 742 — 742 #349
1960 843 — 843 #325
1959 907 — 907 #304
1958 846 — 846 #317
1957 1,156 6 1,162 #252
1956 1,404 — 1,404 #216
1955 1,413 — 1,413 #214
1954 1,555 — 1,555 #198
1953 1,753 — 1,753 #180
1952 1,835 — 1,835 #171
1951 1,734 5 1,739 #173
1950 1,648 — 1,648 #172
1949 1,589 5 1,594 #174
1948 1,446 — 1,446 #190
1947 1,317 — 1,317 #204
1946 1,001 — 1,001 #227
1945 632 — 632 #274
1944 307 — 307 #412
1943 233 — 233 #485
1942 129 — 129 #659
1941 30 — 30 #1,422
1940 31 — 31 #1,355
1939 26 — 26 #1,484
1938 20 — 20 #1,763
1937 19 — 19 #1,800
1936 14 — 14 #2,177
1935 11 — 11 #2,599
1934 6 — 6 #3,840
1933 19 — 19 #1,786
1932 14 — 14 #2,267
1931 10 — 10 #2,788
1930 7 — 7 #3,704
1929 17 — 17 #2,034
1928 8 — 8 #3,466
1927 16 — 16 #2,275
1926 11 — 11 #2,893
1925 14 — 14 #2,510
1924 11 — 11 #2,994
1923 16 — 16 #2,279
1922 15 — 15 #2,408
1921 9 — 9 #3,433
1920 18 — 18 #2,104
1919 17 — 17 #2,087
1918 14 — 14 #2,400
1917 17 — 17 #2,020
1916 19 — 19 #1,820
1915 5 — 5 #4,319
1914 5 — 5 #3,662
1913 12 — 12 #1,796
1912 12 — 12 #1,650
1911 5 — 5 #2,512
1910 6 — 6 #2,182
1909 7 — 7 #1,804
1903 6 — 6 #1,638
1901 5 — 5 #1,722
1900 9 — 9 #1,346
1899 5 — 5 #1,647
1897 6 — 6 #1,429
1895 6 — 6 #1,467
1894 13 — 13 #880
1890 6 — 6 #1,253
1888 6 — 6 #1,194
1887 6 — 6 #1,084
1884 7 — 7 #899
1882 8 — 8 #732