Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Candy

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

Endangered Down 96.2% from peak

Peak era

1970

Peak rank proxy

1,044

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1896Peak 19702024

Peak year

1970

Decline from peak

96.2%

2024

All-time

28,495

Candy 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 1970, when 1,044 girls were named Candy.

In 2024, only 40 girls were given the name.

Down 96.2% from its peak.

All told, about 28,495 Americans have been named Candy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.2% from peak

19701,044 girls named Candy

202440 girls named Candy

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