How popular is the name Candy?

Candy ranks 651st among girls' names in US records, with 36,885 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 452.

Is Candy a unisex name?

No. Candy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1970, when 1,287 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kandy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#651 of girl names

Pronounced K AE1 N D IY0 (ARPABET)

Candy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 36,885 children — the 651st most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 452 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,287 in a single year. That peak was in 1970.

Kandy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1970Girls: 1,287Boys: 5

These spellings sound identical to Candy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Candy?: Candy ranks 651st among girls' names in US records, with 36,885 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 452.
Is Candy a unisex name?: No. Candy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Candy most popular?: 1970, when 1,287 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Candy spelled?: Kandy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.