Candy
Candy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 40 births. Its best rank was 278th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 400.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19701,044 births
- Best rank
- #278in 1969
- Since 1896
- 28,495people given the name
The story in the numbers
28,495 girls have been named Candy in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 1,044 births.
The name has all but left use: 40 births in 2024, against 1,044 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 27%. It has spent 48 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Candy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 14 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 90 | |
| 1940s | 1,948 | |
| 1950s | 5,716 | |
| 1960s | 7,555 | |
| 1970s | 6,887 | |
| 1980s | 3,029 | |
| 1990s | 1,273 | |
| 2000s | 1,133 | |
| 2010s | 624 | |
| 2020s | 182 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Candy was the 281st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Candy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kandypeak 1965
- Martipeak 1969
- Juleepeak 1970
- Deenapeak 1970
- Juliepeak 1958
- Cheriepeak 1970
- Gingerpeak 1971
- Jodypeak 1958
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.