# Candida (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/candida/  
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 | Spanish |
| Meaning | “shining white” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,580 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,580 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Cándida, Candida, from Latin Candida, from candida, feminine of candidus (“shining white”).

## What it means

Candida is grouped under white.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11 | 8,325 |
| 2000 | 15 | 6,867 |
| 2001 | 13 | 7,814 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,389 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9,165 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,815 |
| 2005 | 14 | 7,974 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10,740 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,049 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10,840 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,319 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,336 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,341 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,960 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,485 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

## People named Candida

- Candida Alvarez, American visual artist (born 1955)
- Candida Xu, Chinese Christian patron of late Ming and early Qing
- Cándida Montilla, first lady of the Dominican Republic

## 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.