# Kandi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kandi/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,547 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | 8,015 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,424 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,976 |
| 2007 | 13 | 9,272 |
| 2008 | 14 | 8,731 |
| 2009 | 17 | 7,515 |
| 2010 | 17 | 7,356 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8,891 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,215 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,908 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,570 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,796 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,592 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,107 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,846 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## People named Kandi

- Kandi Burruss, American singer, actress and businesswoman

## 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.