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Candace
Pronounced /ˈkæn.dɪs/
Rank in 2024
#3,665
Born in 2024
42
Peak year
1982 · #103
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 42 girls were named Candace, about 1 in every 38,409.
- It peaked in 1982 with 2,848 babies, ranked #103.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 84,888 girls have been named Candace since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Candace per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.7Boomers1946–64
- 0.8Gen X1965–80
- 1.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 240 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 1,533 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Boomers: 23,692 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Gen X: 20,644 babies, 0.81 per 1,000. Millennials: 32,875 babies, 1.16 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,923 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 909 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Candacē, from Ancient Greek Κανδάκη (Kandákē), from Meroitic 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 (kdke /kandakə/), a hereditary title of ancient queens of Napata (northern Sudan).
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈkæn.dɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Candace, CC BY-SA 4.0.