# Candy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/candy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkændi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Candi, Candia, Candie, Kandy |
| US babies named this | 28,625 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 100 / 28,525 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 84, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 80 | 2,328 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,318 |
| 2013 | 64 | 2,708 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,974 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,186 |
| 2016 | 49 | 3,294 |
| 2017 | 45 | 3,444 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,256 |
| 2019 | 45 | 3,463 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,939 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,179 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,396 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,778 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,771 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,576 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 5 | 3,743 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,789 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,809 |
| 1968 | 10 | 2,754 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,347 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,024 |
| 1974 | 11 | 3,158 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,376 |
| 1976 | 9 | 3,752 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,001 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,401 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,036 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,436 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,292 |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,987 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1997 | 10 | 1,666 |
| 1998 | 14 | 1,319 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 5 | 3,548 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## People named Candy

- Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist and singer
- Candy Clark, American film and television actress
- Candy Barr, American pornographic actress, stripper (1935-2005)
- Candy Reynolds, American tennis player
- Candy Bauer, German bobsledder
- Candy Costie, American synchronized swimmer
- Candy Apples, American pornographic actress
- Candy Jones, American model, pin-up, writer and radio host (1925-1990)
- Candy Cummings, American baseball player (1848–1924)
- Candy Montgomery, American homemaker and murderer
- Candy Gourlay, Filipino writer
- Miss Ming, French actress, singer, poet and visual artist

## 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.