Candida
Girl · Latin
Candida is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “shining white”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Candida mean?
Latin
“shining white”
A female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin].
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Candida a girl's or a boy's name?
Candida is a girls' name.
How popular is Candida in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 222 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the girls named Candida in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 54 | #1,922 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 97 | #1,310 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,364 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 102 | #1,199 |
| 1976 | 149 | #885 |
| 1975 | 161 | #833 |
| 1974 | 139 | #908 |
| 1973 | 163 | #801 |
| 1972 | 170 | #798 |
| 1971 | 222 | #686 |
| 1970 | 95 | #1,196 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 35 | #2,010 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,868 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,834 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,670 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,920 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,575 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,520 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,934 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 19 | #2,021 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 20 | #1,855 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,471 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
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