Candy Girl
How popular is Candy?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Candy in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Candy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▼ 787 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,177 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1970 (1,044 girls) |
| Highest rank | #278 in 1969 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Candy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Candy family of names ranked #2,829 for girls in 2025 (#2,480 the year before), with 36 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Candy | 30 | 83% |
| Kandy | 6 | 17% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Candy is most popular
Babies named Candy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Candy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1910s | 14 | #2,359 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,392 |
| 1930s | 90 | #1,950 |
| 1940s | 1,948 | #352 |
| 1950s | 5,716 | #285 |
| 1960s | 7,555 | #278 |
| 1970s | 6,887 | #281 |
| 1980s | 3,029 | #481 |
| 1990s | 1,273 | #946 |
| 2000s | 1,133 | #1,492 |
| 2010s | 624 | #1,959 |
| 2020s | 212 | #3,758 |
Girl names about as popular as Candy
Questions
- Is Candy a boy or girl name?
- Candy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Candy were girls.
- How popular is the name Candy?
- 30 baby girls were named Candy in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Candy most popular?
- Candy peaked in 1970, when 1,044 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #278 in 1969.
- How many people are named Candy?
- 28,625 babies have been named Candy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,551 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Candy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Candy was most common in Alabama, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.