How Many People Are Named Candace?
people named Candace are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,475 people in the US has this name
Based on 85,097 babies named Candace in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,859 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament. It is apparently derived from Cushitic kdke meaning "queen mother". In some versions of the Bible it is spelled Kandake, reflecting the Greek spelling Κανδακη. It was used as a given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 20th century by a character in the movie 'Meet the Stewarts' (1942).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Candace in English. Counting Candace and these spellings together, about 153,230 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Candace (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Candace alive today is about 48 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Candace first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1982, to 2,859 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Candace has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #102, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #3,173.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,173 |
| Best rank | #102 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #116 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Candace alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Candace were born in California than in any other state: about 7,333 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Candace was given 1.8 times as often in North Dakota, 1.6 times in Hawaii and 1.5 times in Alabama.
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