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Kandis

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Kandis is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1987135 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1946
2,727people given the name
Babies named Kandis, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,727 girls have been named Kandis in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 135 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 135 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 37%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Kandis
1940s88
1950s296
1960s256
1970s305
1980s1,021
1990s465
2000s222
2010s74

In 1987, its biggest year

Kandis was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.

Names that rose and fell with Kandis

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.