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Candace Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Candace?

Ranking 2,700th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Candace is rare.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Candace has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 101, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1984.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1982 with 2,851 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Candace was less than 5, most recently in 1908.

Approximately during the years 1930-1933, 1934-1950, 1967-1970, and 1975-1982, the name Candace took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1991-2001, 2006-2012, and 2014-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Candace has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Candace be?

The popularity trend for Candace has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Candace lately has dropped.

The name Candace is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Candace has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Candace (Girl)Candace (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 63 2,700 < 5 --
2017 77 2,360 < 5 --
2016 100 1,983 < 5 --
2015 90 2,124 < 5 --
2014 121 1,728 < 5 --
2013 99 1,977 < 5 --
2012 100 1,953 < 5 --
2011 141 1,553 < 5 --
2010 133 1,622 < 5 --
2009 198 1,246 < 5 --
2008 217 1,180 < 5 --
2007 253 1,040 < 5 --
2006 249 1,027 < 5 --
2005 269 925 < 5 --
2004 307 817 < 5 --
2003 341 745 < 5 --
2002 329 739 < 5 --
2001 338 721 < 5 --
2000 421 600 < 5 --
1999 463 542 < 5 --
1998 534 480 < 5 --
1997 625 418 < 5 --
1996 760 362 < 5 --
1995 966 288 < 5 --
1994 1,100 254 < 5 --
1993 1,309 215 < 5 --
1992 1,661 186 < 5 --
1991 1,936 153 5 8,372
1990 2,164 142 7 6,495
1989 2,269 133 13 4,051
1988 2,420 117 6 6,535
1987 2,330 120 8 5,033
1986 2,459 114 10 4,165
1985 2,705 104 9 4,374
1984 2,669 101 16 2,839
1983 2,697 104 9 4,173
1982 2,851 103 11 3,719
1981 2,579 118 6 5,594
1980 2,188 134 11 3,639
1979 1,595 173 6 5,448
1978 1,327 196 < 5 --
1977 1,140 217 5 5,960
1976 1,212 201 < 5 --
1975 1,123 221 6 4,873
1974 1,155 223 < 5 --
1973 1,133 222 < 5 --
1972 1,253 224 < 5 --
1971 1,308 226 < 5 --
1970 1,427 220 < 5 --
1969 1,298 234 9 3,093
1968 1,178 237 < 5 --
1967 1,118 250 < 5 --
1966 1,220 239 < 5 --
1965 970 279 < 5 --
1964 837 326 < 5 --
1963 862 319 < 5 --
1962 804 329 5 4,117
1961 740 349 < 5 --
1960 843 325 < 5 --
1959 908 304 < 5 --
1958 846 316 < 5 --
1957 1,155 252 6 3,610
1956 1,403 216 < 5 --
1955 1,414 214 < 5 --
1954 1,555 198 < 5 --
1953 1,753 180 < 5 --
1952 1,834 171 < 5 --
1951 1,734 173 5 3,788
1950 1,648 172 < 5 --
1949 1,589 174 5 3,760
1948 1,446 190 < 5 --
1947 1,317 204 < 5 --
1946 1,001 227 < 5 --
1945 632 273 < 5 --
1944 307 411 < 5 --
1943 233 484 < 5 --
1942 129 658 < 5 --
1941 30 1,421 < 5 --
1940 31 1,353 < 5 --
1939 26 1,477 < 5 --
1938 20 1,759 < 5 --
1937 19 1,794 < 5 --
1936 14 2,169 < 5 --
1935 11 2,600 < 5 --
1934 6 3,874 < 5 --
1933 19 1,789 < 5 --
1932 14 2,251 < 5 --
1931 10 2,781 < 5 --
1930 7 3,704 < 5 --
1929 17 2,019 < 5 --
1928 8 3,468 < 5 --
1927 16 2,270 < 5 --
1926 11 2,896 < 5 --
1925 14 2,503 < 5 --
1924 11 2,996 < 5 --
1923 16 2,275 < 5 --
1922 15 2,403 < 5 --
1921 9 3,447 < 5 --
1920 18 2,083 < 5 --
1919 17 2,078 < 5 --
1918 14 2,400 < 5 --
1917 17 2,010 < 5 --
1916 19 1,814 < 5 --
1915 5 4,375 < 5 --
1914 5 3,697 < 5 --
1913 12 1,789 < 5 --
1912 13 1,548 < 5 --
1911 5 2,518 < 5 --
1910 6 2,181 < 5 --
1909 7 1,794 < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 6 1,626 < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 5 1,714 < 5 --
1900 9 1,335 < 5 --
1899 5 1,637 < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 6 1,406 < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 6 1,445 < 5 --
1894 13 858 < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 6 1,233 < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 6 1,155 < 5 --
1887 6 1,049 < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 7 866 < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 8 685 < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.