Candace is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1982 and has since faded.
Candace is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,173 for girl births in the United States (and #5,613 across all names), given to 50 babies. Candace was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1982 (2,848 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | #3,173 | — |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | #3,655 | — |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | #3,051 | — |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | #2,640 | — |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | #2,684 | — |
| 2020 | 69 | 69 | #2,506 | — |
| 2019 | 60 | 60 | #2,788 | — |
| 2018 | 64 | 64 | #2,693 | — |
| 2017 | 77 | 77 | #2,363 | — |
| 2016 | 101 | 101 | #1,975 | — |
| 2015 | 92 | 92 | #2,104 | — |
| 2014 | 121 | 121 | #1,730 | — |
| 2013 | 99 | 99 | #1,978 | — |
| 2012 | 101 | 101 | #1,942 | — |
| 2011 | 141 | 141 | #1,556 | — |
| 2010 | 133 | 133 | #1,624 | — |
| 2009 | 198 | 198 | #1,246 | — |
| 2008 | 217 | 217 | #1,180 | — |
| 2007 | 254 | 254 | #1,038 | — |
| 2006 | 249 | 249 | #1,028 | — |
| 2005 | 269 | 269 | #926 | — |
| 2004 | 307 | 307 | #817 | — |
| 2003 | 341 | 341 | #745 | — |
| 2002 | 330 | 330 | #739 | — |
| 2001 | 339 | 339 | #720 | — |
| 2000 | 421 | 421 | #600 | — |
| 1999 | 465 | 465 | #542 | — |
| 1998 | 535 | 535 | #480 | — |
| 1997 | 625 | — | #418 | — |
| 1996 | 760 | — | #362 | — |
| 1995 | 967 | — | #288 | — |
| 1994 | 1,100 | — | #254 | — |
| 1993 | 1,309 | — | #215 | — |
| 1992 | 1,661 | — | #186 | — |
| 1991 | 1,941 | — | #153 | #8,373 |
| 1990 | 2,169 | — | #142 | #6,500 |
| 1989 | 2,283 | — | #133 | #4,052 |
| 1988 | 2,427 | — | #117 | #6,537 |
| 1987 | 2,337 | — | #120 | #5,037 |
| 1986 | 2,469 | — | #114 | #4,168 |
| 1985 | 2,716 | — | #104 | #4,375 |
| 1984 | 2,684 | — | #102 | #2,839 |
| 1983 | 2,708 | — | #104 | #3,914 |
| 1982 | 2,859 | — | #103 | #3,722 |
| 1981 | 2,587 | — | #118 | #5,594 |
| 1980 | 2,198 | — | #134 | #3,643 |
| 1979 | 1,600 | — | #173 | #5,448 |
| 1978 | 1,326 | — | #196 | — |
| 1977 | 1,145 | — | #217 | #5,963 |
| 1976 | 1,211 | — | #201 | — |
| 1975 | 1,129 | — | #221 | #4,869 |
| 1974 | 1,155 | — | #223 | — |
| 1973 | 1,132 | — | #223 | — |
| 1972 | 1,254 | — | #223 | — |
| 1971 | 1,308 | — | #226 | — |
| 1970 | 1,427 | — | #220 | — |
| 1969 | 1,307 | — | #234 | #3,091 |
| 1968 | 1,179 | — | #237 | — |
| 1967 | 1,118 | — | #250 | — |
| 1966 | 1,220 | — | #239 | — |
| 1965 | 969 | — | #279 | — |
| 1964 | 837 | — | #327 | — |
| 1963 | 863 | — | #318 | — |
| 1962 | 808 | — | #329 | #4,116 |
| 1961 | 742 | — | #349 | — |
| 1960 | 843 | — | #325 | — |
| 1959 | 907 | — | #304 | — |
| 1958 | 846 | — | #317 | — |
| 1957 | 1,162 | — | #252 | #3,615 |
| 1956 | 1,404 | — | #216 | — |
| 1955 | 1,413 | — | #214 | — |
| 1954 | 1,555 | — | #198 | — |
| 1953 | 1,753 | — | #180 | — |
| 1952 | 1,835 | — | #171 | — |
| 1951 | 1,739 | — | #173 | #3,788 |
| 1950 | 1,648 | — | #172 | — |
| 1949 | 1,594 | — | #174 | #3,761 |
| 1948 | 1,446 | — | #190 | — |
| 1947 | 1,317 | — | #204 | — |
| 1946 | 1,001 | — | #227 | — |
| 1945 | 632 | — | #274 | — |
| 1944 | 307 | — | #410 | — |
| 1943 | 233 | — | #484 | — |
| 1942 | 129 | — | #658 | — |
| 1941 | 30 | — | #1,421 | — |
| 1940 | 31 | — | #1,353 | — |
| 1939 | 26 | — | #1,476 | — |
| 1938 | 20 | — | #1,760 | — |
| 1937 | 19 | — | #1,794 | — |
| 1936 | 14 | — | #2,168 | — |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,600 | — |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,874 | — |
| 1933 | 19 | — | #1,789 | — |
| 1932 | 14 | — | #2,250 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,782 | — |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,704 | — |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #2,019 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,468 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | — | #2,271 | — |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,896 | — |
| 1925 | 14 | — | #2,503 | — |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,997 | — |
| 1923 | 16 | — | #2,275 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,403 | — |
| 1921 | 9 | — | #3,447 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #2,083 | — |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #2,078 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,399 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #2,010 | — |
| 1916 | 19 | — | #1,814 | — |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,375 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,697 | — |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,789 | — |
| 1912 | 12 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,518 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,181 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,794 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,626 | — |
| 1901 | 5 | — | #1,714 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,637 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | — | #1,406 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,445 | — |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #858 | — |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #1,233 | — |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #1,049 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #866 | — |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #685 | — |