Kandace
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAN-dis
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Kandace is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Kandace mean?
From Kandake, title of the queens of ancient Kush
In Acts 8, Candace is the queen of the Ethiopians whose treasurer is baptised by Philip.
Is Kandace a girl's or a boy's name?
Kandace is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kandace in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Kandace, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1988, with 279 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Kandace in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Kandace or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
- Candace 50
- Kandace 7
Kandace in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 56 | #3,096 |
| 2006 | 67 | #2,669 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 71 | #2,393 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 79 | #2,072 |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,070 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 109 | #1,494 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 139 | #1,226 |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1993 | 217 | #888 |
| 1992 | 203 | #947 |
| 1991 | 240 | #837 |
| 1990 | 275 | #753 |
| 1989 | 257 | #758 |
| 1988 | 279 | #691 |
| 1987 | 244 | #741 |
| 1986 | 184 | #891 |
| 1985 | 187 | #858 |
| 1984 | 199 | #798 |
| 1983 | 162 | #918 |
| 1982 | 146 | #1,010 |
| 1981 | 153 | #955 |
| 1980 | 144 | #1,009 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,471 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,596 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,619 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,532 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 74 | #1,407 |
| 1969 | 69 | #1,385 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 80 | #1,201 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,829 |
| 1964 | 48 | #1,666 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,871 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,788 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,790 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 57 | #1,377 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 47 | #1,423 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,712 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,601 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,436 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,519 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
Nicknames for Kandace
Names like Kandace
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nicole Danielle Michelle Jasmine Noelle Brooke Kayla Paige Ashley Janelle Giselle Kendra
Other spellings of Kandace
Names related to Kandace
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kandace: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kandace, updated 20 October 2026.