How Many People Are Named Candy?
people named Candy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,520 people in the US has this name
Based on 28,625 babies named Candy in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,044 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CANDACE. It is also influenced by the English word candy.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Candy in English. Counting Candy and these spellings together, about 37,158 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Candy (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Candy alive today is about 53 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 46 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Candy first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1970, to 1,044 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Candy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #278, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #4,575.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,575 |
| Best rank | #278 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #338 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Candy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Candy were born in California than in any other state: about 3,514 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Candy was given 1.6 times as often in Indiana, 1.5 times in California and 1.5 times in Oregon.
Look up another name
⊙ We don't save the names you search.