NameTides

Candace

Candace was the #3,167 girls' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Candace as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Candace as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Candace as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,167 (50)#3,333 (7)#1,882 (12)
2024#3,639 (42)#2,575 (10)#1,617 (14)
2023#3,047 (54)#4,057 (5)#1,774 (12)
2022#2,639 (66)#3,149 (7)#1,854 (11)
2021#2,674 (64)#3,519 (6)#1,778 (12)
2020#2,500 (69)—#2,591 (7)
2019#2,784 (60)#3,151 (7)#2,610 (7)
2018#2,677 (64)#4,684 (4)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,357 (77)—#1,784 (12)
2016#1,972 (101)#3,214 (7)#2,040 (10)
2015#2,103 (92)—#2,011 (10)
2014#1,728 (121)#4,684 (4)#1,600 (14)
2013#1,977 (99)—#2,376 (8)
2012#1,940 (101)#3,285 (7)#1,904 (11)
2011#1,554 (141)#5,785 (3)#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1982 at #103.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 32,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 32,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Candace is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 39,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 50,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Candace by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Candace (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CandaceCanadaGirls#1,88212
CandaceEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
CandaceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CandaceUSGirls#3,16750
CandaceUSBoys—too few