Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Candace

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Candace
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.5% from peak

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

2,848

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1882Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

98.5%

2024

All-time

84,888

Candace once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 2,848 girls were named Candace.

In 2024, only 42 girls were given the name.

Down 98.5% from its peak.

All told, about 84,888 Americans have been named Candace and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.5% from peak

19822,848 girls named Candace

202442 girls named Candace

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