Candice
Spelling variant of Candace, the hereditary title of the queens of the Kushite kingdom in Nubia, which appears in the New Testament; the Meroitic form was kdke.
Candice in 2025
Candice was given to 25 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 8,884th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 132,614 babies born.
The history of Candice
Candice reached its highest point in 1982, when 3,810 babies were given the name, ranking 157th that year.
Across the 101 years of records since 1925, 68,139 babies have been named Candice. Half of them were born before 1982, which places the name's centre of gravity with Millennials.
Candice by decade
| Decade | Babies named Candice | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | 7,476 |
| 1940s | 2,405 | 493 |
| 1950s | 6,054 | 512 |
| 1960s | 3,505 | 632 |
| 1970s | 12,505 | 253 |
| 1980s | 29,966 | 157 |
| 1990s | 9,883 | 297 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | 1,305 |
| 2010s | 1,132 | 2,757 |
| 2020s | 201 | 5,299 |
Where Candice is heading
Candice has fallen 78% over the past decade, from 112 babies in 2015 to 25 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1982 peak — Candice is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Candice
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Candice.