The name Candace is of Greek origin, and means royal title used by Ethiopian queens.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Candace has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Candace
Use of the Name Candace for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
81,834
66,645
38,380
5,064
1,721
637
298
The table below indicates the number of times the name Candace has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Candace first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Candace
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
685
8
1883
1884
866
7
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
859
13
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
660
129
1943
484
232
1944
409
308
1945
274
632
1946
227
1,001
1947
204
1,314
1948
190
1,440
1949
174
1,588
1950
172
1,646
1951
173
1,733
1952
172
1,832
1953
180
1,749
1954
197
1,557
1955
214
1,413
1956
216
1,400
1957
252
1,152
1958
316
847
1959
303
910
1960
325
841
1961
349
740
1962
328
806
1963
320
860
1964
327
837
1965
278
971
1966
239
1,223
1967
250
1,119
1968
237
1,177
1969
234
1,298
1970
218
1,428
1971
226
1,309
1972
223
1,254
1973
223
1,134
1974
223
1,155
1975
221
1,122
1976
201
1,208
1977
217
1,139
1978
196
1,328
1979
173
1,594
1980
134
2,184
1981
118
2,577
1982
103
2,849
1983
104
2,692
1984
101
2,664
1985
104
2,699
1986
114
2,464
1987
120
2,331
1988
117
2,416
1989
131
2,271
1990
142
2,160
1991
153
1,937
1992
185
1,663
1993
215
1,307
1994
253
1,102
1995
286
968
1996
362
758
1997
418
624
1998
481
533
1999
548
460
2000
600
420
2001
722
336
2002
738
328
2003
746
339
2004
823
298
Totals:
81,834
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Candace as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Candace appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 66 times during the last 125 years.