Kandi
Girl · KAN-dee · English
Kandi is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “candy, sweets”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kandi mean?
English: spelling of Candy, pet form of Candace
“candy, sweets”
A spelling of Candy, which began as a pet form of Candace and also suggests sweets.
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- KAN-dee
Is Kandi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kandi is a girls' name.
How popular is Kandi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 202 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Kandi in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kandi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 72 | #1,919 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,503 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,563 |
| 1987 | 125 | #1,172 |
| 1986 | 119 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 129 | #1,118 |
| 1984 | 136 | #1,040 |
| 1983 | 161 | #926 |
| 1982 | 160 | #934 |
| 1981 | 202 | #798 |
| 1980 | 174 | #881 |
| 1979 | 152 | #957 |
| 1978 | 131 | #1,037 |
| 1977 | 151 | #926 |
| 1976 | 149 | #885 |
| 1975 | 163 | #829 |
| 1974 | 152 | #859 |
| 1973 | 152 | #847 |
| 1972 | 169 | #800 |
| 1971 | 191 | #766 |
| 1970 | 198 | #744 |
| 1969 | 157 | #819 |
| 1968 | 144 | #854 |
| 1967 | 135 | #876 |
| 1966 | 140 | #843 |
| 1965 | 151 | #807 |
| 1964 | 150 | #850 |
| 1963 | 155 | #838 |
| 1962 | 128 | #939 |
| 1961 | 131 | #943 |
| 1960 | 115 | #1,000 |
| 1959 | 93 | #1,109 |
| 1958 | 108 | #999 |
| 1957 | 96 | #1,062 |
| 1956 | 76 | #1,193 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,802 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,647 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
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