Kandis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAN-dis
Kandis is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kandis mean?
Spelling of Candis, itself a spelling of Candace, from the title of the queens of ancient Kush
From Candace, the title of the queens of ancient Kush, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.
Meaning borrowed from Candis.
Is Kandis a girl's or a boy's name?
Kandis is a girls' name.
How popular is Kandis in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Kandis in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kandis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,186 |
| 1991 | 68 | #2,008 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,441 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,319 |
| 1987 | 135 | #1,109 |
| 1986 | 119 | #1,187 |
| 1985 | 115 | #1,207 |
| 1984 | 104 | #1,238 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 88 | #1,384 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,549 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 34 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,851 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,597 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
Nicknames for Kandis
Names like Kandis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Kandis
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, “Kandis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kandis, updated 20 October 2026.