Candy
Rank in 2025
#4546
recorded as girls
Down 788 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
30
girls 30
Peak year
1969
1,015 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
28,625
since 1896
Born a Candy? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Candy was most popular in 1969, when 1,015 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.60 per 1,000). In 2025, 30 babies were named Candy, ranking #4546 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 40 | 3758 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 40 | 3763 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 32 | 4378 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 34 | 4167 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 36 | 3915 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 45 | 3451 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 49 | 3245 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 45 | 3436 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 49 | 3280 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 52 | 3177 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 57 | 2969 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 64 | 2706 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 81 | 2315 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 80 | 2326 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 102 | 1959 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 153 | 1492 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 108 | 1949 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 119 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 120 | 1734 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 104 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 106 | 1795 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 99 | 1858 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 101 | 1780 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 112 | 1627 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 111 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 67 | 2222 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 97 | 1657 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 96 | 1638 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 113 | 1446 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 96 | 1576 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 146 | 1204 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 135 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 146 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 178 | 1033 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 199 | 948 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 219 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 223 | 816 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 219 | 798 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 218 | 778 | 6 | 5926 |
| 1985 | 241 | 715 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 321 | 572 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 365 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 388 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 397 | 505 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 438 | 481 | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | 502 | 418 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 505 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 531 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 557 | 371 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 646 | 341 | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | 662 | 333 | 11 | 3120 |
| 1973 | 748 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 857 | 293 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 835 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,044 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 1,015 | 278 | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | 755 | 316 | 10 | 2735 |
| 1967 | 581 | 376 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 655 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 709 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 715 | 353 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 765 | 342 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 751 | 346 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 782 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 827 | 327 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 990 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 884 | 303 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 869 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 840 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 495 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 437 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 375 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 300 | 485 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 254 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 272 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 290 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 365 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 517 | 352 | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | 335 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 198 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 91 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 73 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 45 | 1180 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 19 | 1882 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 15 | 2109 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 11 | 2592 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 11 | 2570 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 16 | 1950 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 11 | 2575 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 9 | 2923 | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | 3568 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 11 | 2581 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 7 | 3658 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 8 | 3394 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | 4306 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 7 | 4028 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | 4002 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | 4464 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 7 | 3817 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years