Candace
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Candace is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Candace mean?
Greek
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Candace a girl's or a boy's name?
Candace is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 50 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Candace in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 92% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Candace, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Candace in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Candace in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Candace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,167th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50 about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Candace, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 2,848 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Candace in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Candace or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
- Candace 50
- Kandace 7
Candace in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,639 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,357 |
| 2016 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2015 | 92 | #2,103 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,728 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,977 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,940 |
| 2011 | 141 | #1,554 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,621 |
| 2009 | 198 | #1,246 |
| 2008 | 217 | #1,180 |
| 2007 | 254 | #1,037 |
| 2006 | 249 | #1,026 |
| 2005 | 269 | #925 |
| 2004 | 307 | #816 |
| 2003 | 341 | #745 |
| 2002 | 330 | #739 |
| 2001 | 339 | #719 |
| 2000 | 421 | #600 |
| 1999 | 465 | #542 |
| 1998 | 535 | #480 |
| 1997 | 625 | #417 |
| 1996 | 760 | #362 |
| 1995 | 967 | #288 |
| 1994 | 1,100 | #254 |
| 1993 | 1,309 | #215 |
| 1992 | 1,661 | #186 |
| 1991 | 1,936 | #153 |
| 1990 | 2,162 | #142 |
| 1989 | 2,270 | #133 |
| 1988 | 2,421 | #117 |
| 1987 | 2,329 | #120 |
| 1986 | 2,459 | #114 |
| 1985 | 2,707 | #104 |
| 1984 | 2,668 | #102 |
| 1983 | 2,698 | #104 |
| 1982 | 2,848 | #103 |
| 1981 | 2,581 | #118 |
| 1980 | 2,187 | #134 |
| 1979 | 1,594 | #173 |
| 1978 | 1,326 | #196 |
| 1977 | 1,140 | #217 |
| 1976 | 1,211 | #200 |
| 1975 | 1,123 | #221 |
| 1974 | 1,155 | #223 |
| 1973 | 1,132 | #223 |
| 1972 | 1,254 | #223 |
| 1971 | 1,308 | #226 |
| 1970 | 1,427 | #220 |
| 1969 | 1,298 | #234 |
| 1968 | 1,179 | #237 |
| 1967 | 1,118 | #250 |
| 1966 | 1,220 | #239 |
| 1965 | 969 | #279 |
| 1964 | 837 | #327 |
| 1963 | 863 | #318 |
| 1962 | 803 | #329 |
| 1961 | 742 | #349 |
| 1960 | 843 | #325 |
| 1959 | 907 | #304 |
| 1958 | 846 | #317 |
| 1957 | 1,156 | #252 |
| 1956 | 1,404 | #216 |
| 1955 | 1,413 | #214 |
| 1954 | 1,555 | #198 |
| 1953 | 1,753 | #180 |
| 1952 | 1,835 | #171 |
| 1951 | 1,734 | #173 |
| 1950 | 1,648 | #172 |
| 1949 | 1,589 | #174 |
| 1948 | 1,446 | #190 |
| 1947 | 1,317 | #204 |
| 1946 | 1,001 | #227 |
| 1945 | 632 | #274 |
| 1944 | 307 | #410 |
| 1943 | 233 | #484 |
| 1942 | 129 | #658 |
| 1941 | 30 | #1,418 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,347 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
Names like Candace
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daphne, Robyn, Nicole, Marnie, Lara, Michelle, Darcie, Celeste, Celine, Colette, Jasmine, Cassandra
Other spellings of Candace
Names related to Candace
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Candace: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/candace, updated 20 October 2026.