# Candice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/candice/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “whiteness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Candy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 68,139 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 155 / 67,984 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 754, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Candace associated with Late Latin candida (“whiteness”) via folk etymology.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 1,557 |
| 2012 | 120 | 1,722 |
| 2013 | 114 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 131 | 1,635 |
| 2015 | 112 | 1,841 |
| 2016 | 135 | 1,622 |
| 2017 | 97 | 2,022 |
| 2018 | 73 | 2,442 |
| 2019 | 70 | 2,514 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,028 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,307 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,195 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,590 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,792 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,125 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 5,007 |
| 1978 | 7 | 4,620 |
| 1979 | 9 | 4,120 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,644 |
| 1981 | 9 | 4,194 |
| 1982 | 19 | 2,522 |
| 1983 | 10 | 3,915 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,125 |
| 1985 | 17 | 2,847 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,912 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,563 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,260 |
| 1989 | 16 | 3,469 |
| 1990 | 8 | 5,905 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,607 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 1,332 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Кандис
- Russian: Кэ́ндис
- Spanish: Cándida

## People named Candice

- Candice Bergen, American actress (born 1946)
- Candice King, American actress and singer
- Candice Patton, American actress
- Candice Night, American musician
- Candice Michelle, American model, actress and professional wrestler
- Candice Glover, American singer
- Candice Dupree, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Candice LeRae, American professional wrestler
- Candice Bergen, Canadian politician (born 1964)
- Candice Miller, former U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Candice Azzara, American actress
- Candice Wiggins, American basketball player (born 1987)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.