Candy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAN-dee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Candy is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Candy mean?
English: pet form of Candace; also the English word for sweets
Candace comes from Kandake, the title of the queens of ancient Kush, mentioned in the Book of Acts.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Candy a girl's or a boy's name?
Candy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Candy in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Candy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Candy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Candy, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,044 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
2025 had fewer girls named Candy than any year since 1941.
Half of all the girls named Candy in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Candy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 45 | #3,450 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,959 |
| 2009 | 153 | #1,492 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,792 |
| 2006 | 120 | #1,734 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,857 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,778 |
| 2001 | 112 | #1,626 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 97 | #1,655 |
| 1997 | 96 | #1,636 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,444 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 146 | #1,201 |
| 1993 | 135 | #1,262 |
| 1992 | 146 | #1,192 |
| 1991 | 178 | #1,030 |
| 1990 | 199 | #946 |
| 1989 | 219 | #846 |
| 1988 | 223 | #816 |
| 1987 | 219 | #798 |
| 1986 | 218 | #778 |
| 1985 | 241 | #715 |
| 1984 | 321 | #572 |
| 1983 | 365 | #520 |
| 1982 | 388 | #516 |
| 1981 | 397 | #505 |
| 1980 | 438 | #481 |
| 1979 | 502 | #418 |
| 1978 | 505 | #409 |
| 1977 | 531 | #394 |
| 1976 | 557 | #371 |
| 1975 | 646 | #341 |
| 1974 | 662 | #333 |
| 1973 | 748 | #311 |
| 1972 | 857 | #293 |
| 1971 | 835 | #318 |
| 1970 | 1,044 | #281 |
| 1969 | 1,015 | #278 |
| 1968 | 755 | #316 |
| 1967 | 581 | #376 |
| 1966 | 655 | #353 |
| 1965 | 709 | #341 |
| 1964 | 715 | #353 |
| 1963 | 765 | #342 |
| 1962 | 751 | #346 |
| 1961 | 782 | #336 |
| 1960 | 827 | #327 |
| 1959 | 990 | #285 |
| 1958 | 884 | #303 |
| 1957 | 869 | #312 |
| 1956 | 840 | #306 |
| 1955 | 495 | #395 |
| 1954 | 437 | #413 |
| 1953 | 375 | #444 |
| 1952 | 300 | #484 |
| 1951 | 254 | #519 |
| 1950 | 272 | #488 |
| 1949 | 290 | #472 |
| 1948 | 365 | #414 |
| 1947 | 517 | #352 |
| 1946 | 335 | #420 |
| 1945 | 198 | #515 |
| 1944 | 91 | #801 |
| 1943 | 73 | #907 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,180 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Names like Candy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly, Molly, Erin, Melody, Heidi, Robyn, Amber, Connie, Penny, Cara, Cassidy, Cherry
Names related to Candy
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Candy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/candy, updated 20 October 2026.