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Candy

Pronounced /ˈkændi/

Rank in 2024
#3,796
Born in 2024
40
Peak year
1970 · #282
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 40 girls were named Candy, about 1 in every 40,330.
  • It peaked in 1970 with 1,044 babies, ranked #282.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1896.
  • 28,495 girls have been named Candy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Candy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 45 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 539 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,063 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,040 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,604 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,656 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 543 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

==== Alternative forms ==== Candi ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: kăn'di, IPA(key): /ˈkændi/ Rhymes: -ændi ==== Proper noun ==== Candy A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

  • A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkændi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Candy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kandy

    Rank
    #14,387
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19652024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Candi

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19802024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Chanda

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19762024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kandi

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19812024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Candie

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19842024