Candy
#849 most common girls' name of all time · #1,537 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among girls
#849
Rank overall
#1,537 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
104 of 146
All-time
28,625
Since 2016
400
Peak year
1970 #281
Best rank
#279 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 1,044/yr
Candy first appears in 1896. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2024 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,762 |
| 2023 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,770 |
| 2022 | 32 | — | 32 | #4,391 |
| 2021 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,181 |
| 2020 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,926 |
| 2019 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,457 |
| 2018 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,252 |
| 2017 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,444 |
| 2016 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,286 |
| 2015 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,181 |
| 2014 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,972 |
| 2013 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,709 |
| 2012 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,327 |
| 2010 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,963 |
| 2009 | 153 | — | 153 | #1,493 |
| 2008 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,952 |
| 2007 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,796 |
| 2006 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,735 |
| 2005 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,859 |
| 2004 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,798 |
| 2003 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,863 |
| 2002 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,782 |
| 2001 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,631 |
| 2000 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,590 |
| 1999 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,225 |
| 1998 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,659 |
| 1997 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,640 |
| 1996 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,446 |
| 1995 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,577 |
| 1994 | 146 | 5 | 151 | #1,205 |
| 1993 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,265 |
| 1992 | 146 | — | 146 | #1,195 |
| 1991 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,033 |
| 1990 | 199 | 5 | 204 | #948 |
| 1989 | 219 | — | 219 | #850 |
| 1988 | 223 | 5 | 228 | #817 |
| 1987 | 219 | — | 219 | #800 |
| 1986 | 218 | 6 | 224 | #778 |
| 1985 | 241 | — | 241 | #716 |
| 1984 | 321 | — | 321 | #573 |
| 1983 | 365 | — | 365 | #521 |
| 1982 | 388 | — | 388 | #516 |
| 1981 | 397 | 5 | 402 | #505 |
| 1980 | 438 | 7 | 445 | #481 |
| 1979 | 502 | — | 502 | #419 |
| 1978 | 505 | — | 505 | #409 |
| 1977 | 531 | — | 531 | #394 |
| 1976 | 557 | 9 | 566 | #372 |
| 1975 | 646 | 7 | 653 | #342 |
| 1974 | 662 | 11 | 673 | #333 |
| 1973 | 748 | — | 748 | #311 |
| 1972 | 857 | 7 | 864 | #293 |
| 1971 | 835 | — | 835 | #318 |
| 1970 | 1,044 | — | 1,044 | #281 |
| 1969 | 1,015 | 8 | 1,023 | #279 |
| 1968 | 755 | 10 | 765 | #316 |
| 1967 | 581 | — | 581 | #377 |
| 1966 | 655 | — | 655 | #353 |
| 1965 | 709 | — | 709 | #341 |
| 1964 | 715 | — | 715 | #354 |
| 1963 | 765 | — | 765 | #342 |
| 1962 | 751 | — | 751 | #346 |
| 1961 | 782 | — | 782 | #336 |
| 1960 | 827 | — | 827 | #327 |
| 1959 | 990 | — | 990 | #286 |
| 1958 | 884 | — | 884 | #303 |
| 1957 | 869 | — | 869 | #312 |
| 1956 | 840 | — | 840 | #306 |
| 1955 | 495 | — | 495 | #396 |
| 1954 | 437 | — | 437 | #414 |
| 1953 | 375 | — | 375 | #445 |
| 1952 | 300 | 5 | 305 | #487 |
| 1951 | 254 | — | 254 | #520 |
| 1950 | 272 | — | 272 | #489 |
| 1949 | 290 | — | 290 | #474 |
| 1948 | 365 | — | 365 | #414 |
| 1947 | 517 | 5 | 522 | #352 |
| 1946 | 335 | — | 335 | #420 |
| 1945 | 198 | — | 198 | #517 |
| 1944 | 91 | — | 91 | #804 |
| 1943 | 73 | — | 73 | #910 |
| 1942 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,917 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,648 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,628 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,989 |
| 1935 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,635 |
| 1934 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,000 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,507 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,646 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,648 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,774 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,481 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,952 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,435 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,130 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,090 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,590 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,914 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,488 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,773 |