Candy is an established girls' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Candy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,576 for girl births in the United States (and #7,922 across all names), given to 30 babies. Candy was first reported in SSA data in 1896 and peaked in 1970 (1,044 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | #4,576 | — |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | #3,771 | — |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | #3,778 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | #4,396 | — |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | #4,179 | — |
| 2020 | 36 | 36 | #3,939 | — |
| 2019 | 45 | 45 | #3,463 | — |
| 2018 | 49 | 49 | #3,256 | — |
| 2017 | 45 | 45 | #3,444 | — |
| 2016 | 49 | 49 | #3,294 | — |
| 2015 | 52 | 52 | #3,186 | — |
| 2014 | 57 | 57 | #2,974 | — |
| 2013 | 64 | 64 | #2,708 | — |
| 2012 | 81 | 81 | #2,318 | — |
| 2011 | 80 | 80 | #2,328 | — |
| 2010 | 102 | 102 | #1,960 | — |
| 2009 | 153 | 153 | #1,494 | — |
| 2008 | 108 | 108 | #1,951 | — |
| 2007 | 119 | 119 | #1,792 | — |
| 2006 | 120 | 120 | #1,736 | — |
| 2005 | 104 | 104 | #1,857 | — |
| 2004 | 106 | 106 | #1,798 | — |
| 2003 | 99 | 99 | #1,861 | — |
| 2002 | 101 | 101 | #1,783 | — |
| 2001 | 112 | 112 | #1,629 | — |
| 2000 | 111 | 111 | #1,590 | — |
| 1999 | 67 | 67 | #2,225 | — |
| 1998 | 97 | 97 | #1,658 | — |
| 1997 | 96 | — | #1,641 | — |
| 1996 | 113 | — | #1,449 | — |
| 1995 | 96 | — | #1,579 | — |
| 1994 | 151 | — | #1,205 | #8,987 |
| 1993 | 135 | — | #1,265 | — |
| 1992 | 146 | — | #1,195 | — |
| 1991 | 178 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1990 | 204 | — | #948 | #8,292 |
| 1989 | 219 | — | #850 | — |
| 1988 | 228 | — | #816 | #7,436 |
| 1987 | 219 | — | #799 | — |
| 1986 | 224 | — | #778 | #6,036 |
| 1985 | 241 | — | #715 | — |
| 1984 | 321 | — | #573 | — |
| 1983 | 365 | — | #521 | — |
| 1982 | 388 | — | #516 | — |
| 1981 | 402 | — | #505 | #6,401 |
| 1980 | 445 | — | #481 | #5,001 |
| 1979 | 502 | — | #418 | — |
| 1978 | 505 | — | #409 | — |
| 1977 | 531 | — | #394 | — |
| 1976 | 566 | — | #371 | #3,752 |
| 1975 | 653 | — | #342 | #4,376 |
| 1974 | 673 | — | #333 | #3,158 |
| 1973 | 748 | — | #311 | — |
| 1972 | 864 | — | #293 | #4,024 |
| 1971 | 835 | — | #318 | — |
| 1970 | 1,044 | — | #281 | — |
| 1969 | 1,023 | — | #278 | #3,347 |
| 1968 | 765 | — | #316 | #2,754 |
| 1967 | 581 | — | #376 | — |
| 1966 | 655 | — | #353 | — |
| 1965 | 709 | — | #341 | — |
| 1964 | 715 | — | #353 | — |
| 1963 | 765 | — | #342 | — |
| 1962 | 751 | — | #346 | — |
| 1961 | 782 | — | #336 | — |
| 1960 | 827 | — | #327 | — |
| 1959 | 990 | — | #285 | — |
| 1958 | 884 | — | #303 | — |
| 1957 | 869 | — | #312 | — |
| 1956 | 840 | — | #306 | — |
| 1955 | 495 | — | #396 | — |
| 1954 | 437 | — | #414 | — |
| 1953 | 375 | — | #445 | — |
| 1952 | 305 | — | #485 | #3,809 |
| 1951 | 254 | — | #520 | — |
| 1950 | 272 | — | #489 | — |
| 1949 | 290 | — | #473 | — |
| 1948 | 365 | — | #414 | — |
| 1947 | 522 | — | #352 | #3,789 |
| 1946 | 335 | — | #420 | — |
| 1945 | 198 | — | #515 | — |
| 1944 | 91 | — | #802 | — |
| 1943 | 73 | — | #907 | — |
| 1942 | 45 | — | #1,182 | — |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #1,892 | — |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #2,118 | — |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,618 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,589 | — |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #1,959 | — |
| 1935 | 11 | — | #2,601 | — |
| 1934 | 14 | — | #2,951 | #3,743 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,454 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,619 | — |
| 1931 | 11 | — | #2,599 | — |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #3,706 | — |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,430 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,907 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,386 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,087 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,057 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,552 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,887 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,408 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,618 | — |