Feminine dossier · first seen 1900

Candida

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1971

Peak era

1971

Peak rank proxy

222

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen X

1900Peak 19712024

Peak year

1971

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,580

Candida is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1971, when 222 girls were named Candida.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,580 Americans have been named Candida and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1900.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1971

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