# Kandy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kandy/  
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 | 5,311 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 5,306 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 6,996 |
| 2007 | 12 | 9,842 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,329 |
| 2009 | 25 | 5,624 |
| 2010 | 18 | 7,058 |
| 2011 | 21 | 6,240 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,424 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,344 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,572 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,593 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,340 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,329 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,033 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 5,090 |

## 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.